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Robert Errol Bramley

  • Service number
    22916 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Lal (short for Errol) Public - Clare - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family - my father (Robert Errol's son) told me
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Mr Public - Scott - Other Relative - 19 April 2015 - Born 16/12/1910, Auckland, NZ. Wife of Ngaire Swanberg. Died 28/07/1972, Auckland, NZ.
  • Forenames
    Robert Errol AWMM
  • Surname
    Bramley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Lal (short for Errol) Public - Clare - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family - my father (Robert Errol's son) told me
  • Service number
    22916 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 11 Egerton Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr H. Bramley (father), Kaeo, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr Phillip H. Bramley (father), Kaeo, North Auckland, New Zealand. Public - Scott - Other Relative - 19 April 2015 - Robert E. was my grand father.
  • 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
    22916 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 Unemployed/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XX-A, Thorn, modern day Toruń, Poland 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Poland, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • Captured on Crete Public - Clare - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family - my father (Robert Errol's son) told me
    • Reported missing 2 June 1941 Public - Clare - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Military file - NZ Archives
  • Days interned
    2-6-1941 - 7 March 1945 Public - Clare - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Military file - NZ Archives
  • Liberation date
    7 March 1945 Public - Clare - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Military file - NZ Archives
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
    First camp Stalag VIII B, then transferred to Stalag XXA Public - Clare - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Military file - NZ Archives
  • POW serial number
    • WWII 7027 AWMM
    • 7024 or 183/7024? Public - Clare - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Military file - NZ Archives

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
    28 July 1972 Public Source
  • Date of death
    28 July 1972 Public - Clare - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family
  • Age at death
    61 Public - Clare - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family
  • Place of death
    Auckland, New Zealand Public - Clare - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • You were my grandfather, I never got to meet you but thank you for your service.
    Public - Clare - Direct descendant - 24 April 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 23 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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24 April 2020ClareStratfordDirect descendant
19 April 2015ScottCanterbury, Kent, UKOther Relative

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