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Cenotaph record

Eric Walter Broad

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 9 August 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 9 August 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Broad AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 6667 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs Annie Broad (mother), C/o Waihi Beach Post Office, Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    Lost at sea AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Eric Broad was the son of Mrs. A. Broad of Waihi.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 June 1944 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    English Channel AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport Naval Base, HMNZS Philomel, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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