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Vincent Arthur

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 9 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 9 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vincent AWMM
  • Surname
    Arthur AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    33847 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    5 May 1898 Public - Rebecca - Direct descendant - 4 April 2023 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Windsor Road, Inglewood, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Kathleen A. Arthur (wife), Windsor Road, Inglewood, New Plymouth, Taranaki, 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
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    33847 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 Painter AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Vincent Arthur was the son of Thomas Arthur and of Sara Arthur (nee Merrill); husband of Kathleen Alice Arthur, of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Crete, Greece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 2. E. 19 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland Domain, an Olive Tree (Olea europaea) planted close to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the grounds of the Auckland Domain commemorates those who fought on Crete in 1941. AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 April 2023Rebecca Stratford, New Zealand Direct descendant
13 April 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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