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Cenotaph record

Charles Beckett Blake

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  • Service number
    • WWII NZD1875 AWMM
    • WWII A/1875 AWMM
    • WWII NZD1875 AWMM
    • WWII A/1841 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Charlie, taken in Wellington, 1940

C B Blake A1875

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Beckett AWMM
  • Surname
    Blake AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZD1875 AWMM
    • WWII A/1875 AWMM
    • WWII NZD1875 AWMM
    • WWII A/1841 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 February 1921 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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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Telegraphist Navy Demobilisation R21465798
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    • Leading Telegraphist, Higher Grade Public - Kent Colin - Other relative - 25 July 2017 - Military Personnel Files

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Ruby Rowena

    Service: Auckland AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 December 2013 RNZN Communicators Association
    Age 92 AWMM
    Three Kings, Auckland City RNZN Communicators Association
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Ranfurly Veterans Home Public - Kent Colin - Other relative - 25 July 2017 - I was there
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 December 2013 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 December 2013 AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 July 2017Kent Colin Auckland, New ZealandOther relative

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