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Cenotaph record

Stanley Standen

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Stanley AWMM
  • Surname
    Standen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 37537 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 November 1908 BDM, births Wellington, New Zealand Family, CDF form
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 3 October 1940 AWMM 74 Wicksteed Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Phyllis Standen (wife), 74 Wicksteed Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 37537 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 3 October 1940 Military Personnel file
    Age 31 AWMM
    Painter Military Personnel file
  • 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
    • 1940 AWMMHeight, WWII AWMM
      5 foot 6.25 inches AWMM
    • 1940 AWMMEye colour, WWII AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • 1940 AWMMHair colour, WWII AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • 1940 AWMMComplexion, WWII AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • 21 March 1943 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM
      Wounded, bullet wound to right shoulder AWMM
    • 28 April 1943 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM
      Two large metallic fbs to right lung AWMM
    • 24 June 1943 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM
      Invalided to NZ, on Oranje AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Marion Violet Standen and Arthur Oswald Standen. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 February 1988 BDM, deaths
    Age 79 AWMM
    Ellerslie, Auckland Family, CDF form
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Online records
    http://www.purewa.co.nz/details.asp?id=101122&type=Cremation
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Armoury Cenotaph File AWMM
    • Military Personnel file AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3, p. 449 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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