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Cenotaph record

Melvyn Ewell Foster

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Image of Gravestone at Lyttelton Catholic & Public Cemetery provided by Paul Baker June 2013 - This image may be subject to copyright

Image of Gravestone at Lyttelton Catholic & Public Cemetery provided by Paul Baker June 2013 - This …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Melvyn Ewell AWMM
  • Surname
    Foster AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 October 1923 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Melvyn Foster was awarded the M. B. E. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 October 1998 AWMM
    Age 75 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Lyttelton Catholic and Public (including RSA) Cemetery, Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM
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Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM

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