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Cenotaph record

Neil Board

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Neil AWMM
  • Surname
    Board AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    48016 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    13/07/1920 Public - Grant - Direct descendant - 22 October 2023 - Family Documents
  • Place of birth
    Te Kuiti Public - Grant - Direct descendant - 22 October 2023 - Family Documents
  • Birth notes
    Neil was the Second son of Benjamin and Cherry Public - Grant - Direct descendant - 22 October 2023 - Family Documents
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Hangatiki, Waitomo, New Zealand AWMM
    • Haurua Road, Hangatiki Public - Grant - Direct descendant - 22 October 2023 - Family Knowledge
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Grant - Direct descendant - 22 October 2023 - Family knowledge
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Benjamin Board (father), Hangatiki, Waitomo, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Single Public - Grant - Direct descendant - 22 October 2023 - Family Tree

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Tunisia AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    48016 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Neil Board was the son of Benjamin Board and of Cherry Board (nee Stilwell), of Hangatiki AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM X. B. 5 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

Roll of Honour

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  • I wish that you had not been taken from us. Your family was so sad when you were killed. I wish that I could have met you Uncle Neil.
    Public - Grant - Other Relative - 19 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/2182507
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 24 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM

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22 October 2023GrantHamiltonDirect descendant

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