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George Garrett Powell Weenink

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Photograph of Staff Sergeant George Weenink in uniform 7975. Image kindly provided by Elizabeth M Buchanan (May 2018). Image may be subject to copyright restriction.

Photograph of Staff Sergeant George Weenink in uniform 7975. Image kindly provided by Elizabeth M Bu …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Garrett Powell AWMM
  • Surname
    Weenink AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    7975 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 January 1907 AWMM Greymouth, Grey District AWMM
  • Date of birth
    January 1 1907 Public - Elizabeth - Other relative - 20 September 2016 - Family papers and records
  • Place of birth
    Weenink Road, Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand Public - Elizabeth - Other relative - 20 September 2016 - Family records
  • Birth notes
    Last child of eleven born to Elizabeth and Harry Weenink Public - Elizabeth - Other relative - 20 September 2016 - Family records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM P.O. Box 147 Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Elizabeth - Other relative - 20 September 2016 - Family records
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss I. Weenink (sister), P.O. Box 147, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Unmarried Public - Elizabeth - Other relative - 20 September 2016 - Family records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    7975 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
      Greymouth, Grey District AWMM
    • George enlisted on the day of my parents' wedding the 12th September 1939. He was Best Man. Public - Elizabeth - Other relative - 20 September 2016 - Family papers and photographs
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    32 Public - Elizabeth - Other relative - 20 September 2016 - Birth date 1 January 1907

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    • WW2 Private AWMM 20 Canto. AWMM
    • Entering Burnham Camp October 6th 1939, George was selected with 11 others from the 20th Battalion ( including Charles Upham) for the advance party bound for Egypt. Sailing on the TSS Awatea for Sydney then on the RMS Strathallan via Adelaide, Colombo, Bombay and Aden, arriving at Port said on January 7th 1940 Public - Elizabeth - Other relative - 20 September 2016 - Official History to New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45 : 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment ( DJC Pringle & WA Glue

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 December 1999 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • George Garrett Powell Weenink was born on 1st January 1907 in Greymouth, Westland. He was the youngest of eleven children born to Elizabeth and Harry Weenink. He died on December 11th 1999 peacefully at his home. He was a gentleman, a scholar. An uncle and great uncle who was greatly loved by all his family for his non judgemental attitudes and wonderful humour.
    Public - Elizabeth - Other relative - 20 September 2016
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  • ODE TO UNCLE GEORGE…… BALLARD OF THE OLD SOLDIER I WAS YOUNGER THEN TO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND THE WORDS ‘LIFE ‘‘LIVING’ ‘FREEDOM ‘AND WHAT THEY REALLY MEANT TALES OF ADVENTURES AWAY IN A FAR OFF LAND THE WASTE AND DESTRUCTION TO WHICH YOU WERE SENT I WAS YOUNGER THEN TO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND THE DEAFENING SILENCE OF A MEMORY IN TEAR FILLED EYES OF MATES LEFT BEHIND THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP FORGED IN BLOOD IN MUD FILLED TRENCHES AND HOT DESERT SAND OF BOYS BECOMING MEN ROBBED OF THEIR YOUTH, AGED AND OLD LONG BEFORE THEIR TIME AND NOW YOU HAVE PASSED I’M HAPPY NOT SAD FOR I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED BACK TO THAT FAR OFF LAND BACK TO THE BATTLEFIELD TO JOIN OLD MATES TO LIVE AND ENJOY THE YOUTH YOU NEVER HAD I’M OLDER NOW, AND NOW I UNDERSTAND
    Public - Ritchie - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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    George may have been a cousin of my grandmother Jean Neilson nee Paterson, died 1947.I can remember Public - ian - Researcher - 10 May 2015 - Childhood memory
  • 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 192 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 June 2018ElizabethNZOther relative
10 May 2015ianCoventryResearcher
25 April 2015Ritchie GreymouthOther Relative

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