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Gordon Henry Batty

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Batty AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 82997 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 May 1920 AWMM Greymouth, Grey District AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 141 High Street, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs N.M. Batty (wife), 216 Sutherland Road, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1944 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 82997 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Son of Gordon Roil Essendon and Vera Gwendoline Batty (nee Oxenham). Married Noeline Hazelwood 7 November 1942.

    Whilst serving in Egypt, Gordon developed Rheumatic Fever and Arthritis in his legs and arms and was returned to New Zealand by Australian Hospital Ship Wanganella. He spent a short time in Wellington Hospital, and was then transferred to the Soldier hospital in Rotorua for several months. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 November 2012 AWMM
    Age 92 AWMM
    Greymouth, Grey District AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    Karoro Cemetery AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 10 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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