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Arthur Edmund Buckingham

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Edmund AWMM
  • Surname
    Buckingham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    9912 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 March 1918 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    28-3-1918 Public - Kevin - Child - 26 April 2019 - family
  • Place of birth
    Fairburn Kaitia Public - Kevin - Child - 26 April 2019 - family
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 37 Vivian Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Poultry Farmer Public - Kevin - Child - 26 April 2019 - family
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Ethel Buckingham (wife), Rural Delivery, Kaitaia, New Zealand AWMM
    • Ethel May was his Mother Public - Kevin - Child - 26 April 2019 - family
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • Single He married Mum in 1947 Public - Kevin - Child - 26 April 2019 - family

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Greece Public - Kevin - Child - 26 April 2019 - Military files family papers
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    9912 AWMM
  • Military service
    POW Public - Kevin - Child - 26 April 2019 - Family papers Military files
  • 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 General labourer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Stalag IV-A Hohnstein, Hohenstein, Germany WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
  • 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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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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  • Died 24-5-1971
    Public - Kevin - Child - 26 April 2019
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Sources

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  • External links
    Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
    Sources Used
  • 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 27 AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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26 April 2019KevinKawerau NZChild

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