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Cenotaph record

Max Frederick Annett

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel A_007. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel A_007. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Max Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Annett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    60255 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    28 February 1902 Public - David William - Child - 17 April 2015 - Birth Certificate in my possession
  • Place of birth
    Tassin-la-Demi-Lune
    France Public - David William - Child - 17 April 2015 - Birth Certificate in my possession
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 9 Watling Street, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Jessie Evelyn Annett (wife), Manurewa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    60255 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 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Thomas A. Annett and of Jeanne Annett (nee Amadieu); husband of Jessie Evelyn Annett, of Milford, Auckland

    CWGC lists death date as 25 May 1942 and age as 39 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 April 1942 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Adelaide (Centennial Park Cemetery ), Australia AWMM Plot A. Row C. Grave 8. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • in memory of my grandfather, I never met him as he died when my Dad was a boy
    Public - jenny - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2249894
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
      Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 13 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2015jennynzOther Relative
17 April 2015David WilliamKatikati New ZealandChild

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