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Edward Allan Brightwell

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel B_021. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel B_021. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Allan AWMM
  • Surname
    Brightwell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Ted Brightwell AWMM
    • Aussie Brightwell AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 7885 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 August 1915 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM C/o Brightwell Brothers, Otorohanga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr E.P. Brightwell (father), 102 Hampton Road, Artarinon, New South Wales, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 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
    WWII 7885 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.24 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.24
    Te Kuiti, Waikato 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.24
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      13 December 1941 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • WW2 Sidi Rezegh AWMM
    • WW2 POW - PG 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 33095 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
    • 13 April 1945 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Killed during an action between Germans and a village. (while in P.O.W.) AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Edward Penrose Brightwell and Ivy May Brightwell, of Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia

    Reported killed while on the march AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 April 1945 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Germany, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands AWMM VIII. G. 3. 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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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 24 AWMM
    • RSA review: the official journal of the N.Z. Returned Services' Association AWMM
      "Review" 19th December 1945 AWMM
    • The Evening Post AWMM
      Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1944, Page 6 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith (2020-2021). AWMM

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