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Frank Howard Thorley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Howard AWMM
  • Surname
    Thorley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    7780 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    10 August 1914 Public - Georgina Mary - Direct descendant - 28 December 2019 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Wellington, New Zealand Public - Georgina Mary - Direct descendant - 28 December 2019 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 12 Armitage Street, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L. Thorley (mother), 12 Armitage Street, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    7780 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Tally clerk/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 1: WW2 181 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
28 December 2019Georgina MaryParaparaumu, New ZealandDirect descendant

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