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Cenotaph record

Rupert Hember Glendining

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rupert Hember AWMM
  • Surname
    Glendining AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    34162 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
    Unknown AWMM PO Box 17, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs B.H. Glendining (wife), 70 Cole Street, Masterton, 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
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    34162 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 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Wairoa, Hawkes Bay 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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Rupert Glendining was the son of Ernest and Mabel Glendining of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. He was the husband of Barbara Glendining of Masterton, Wellington. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 May 1944 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Cassino, Italy AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. J. 20. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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/2409788
    Sources Used
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      An article about the war commemorations in Cassino featured in the New Zealand Herald, 28 May 2004. 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
      p.80 AWMM

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