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Seymour Alan Bates

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Seymour Alan AWMM
  • Surname
    Bates AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jim AWMM
  • Service number
    27405 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Te Kuiti, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Walton Railway Station AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Bates (mother), Barry Road, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • 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
    27405 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Married twice, husband of Margaret and later of Dorothy. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 August 1994 AWMM
    Age 75 AWMM
    Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waihi Public Cemetery, Hauraki District, New Zealand AWMM Ash RSA Plot 79A AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. Hauraki District Council, Waihi, Paeroa.
    http://property.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/cemetery/cemetery_search.asp
    Sources Used
  • References
    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: WW2 31 AWMM

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