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Cenotaph record

Edward Henry Semmens

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Semmens AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ426840 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 September 1912 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Eunice.

    His funeral service was held at Paeroa RSA on 2 January 1999.

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information in the Death Notice AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    30 December 1998 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    Thames, Coromandel District AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pukerimu Cemetery, Paeroa, Hauraki District, New Zealand AWMM RSA Ashes 62 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald 1 January 1999 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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