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Cenotaph record

Rex Arthur Wakely

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rex Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Wakely AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 13167 AWMM
    • Korea 13167 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 April 1929 AWMM Napier, Hawkes Bay AWMM
    Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 18 October 1949 AWMM Guppeys Road, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr and Mrs Wakely (parents), Guppeys Road, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Post WW2 18 October 1949 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
    brown AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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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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