Identity
Title
Forenames
George Trevor AWMM
Surname
Keymer AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
80811 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Pre 22 November 1940 AWMM 12 Wairoa Avenue, Birkdale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Wiiliam John Keymer (father), 29 Birkdale Road, Birkdale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Pre 14 May 1943
AWMM Single AWMM
Service
Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 5 inches AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Fair AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Dark AWMM - Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Cancer AWMM
Biographical information
George Keymer was one of twelve children of William and Elizabeth Keymer. A builder's labourer (W. H. Whittaker, Albert St, Auckland). After enlistment he was assigned to the tank brigade and had some experience as a mechanic. His brother Ted Keymer (who also has a Cenotaph record) worked hard to get him transferred to his own Petrol Company. Finally on the 3 February 1944 he succeeded and George joined the Petrol Company for their time in Italy. In December 1945 George embarked for New Zealand with the Aparima draft and arrived home on 13 January 1946. He had served a total of 4 years, 162 days in service of which 2 years, 245 days were spent overseas.
He remained a bachelor all his life and lived on the North Shore with his sisters Thelma and Muriel and younger brother Alan. He worked at various jobs after the war which included working at a steel mill and at the Chelsea sugar factory. AWMM
Death
Death
Date of death
Age at death
Place of death
Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
North Shore Memorial Park and Crematorium (Schnapper Rock), Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand AWMM Plot Ash Lawn F.D. 20 AWMM
Cemetery name
Grave reference
Obituary
Memorial name
Memorial reference
Roll of Honour
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Leave a note
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Processing
Sources
External links
Documents
- North Shore Memorial Park and Crematorium (Schnapper Rock), Albany, Auckland, New Zealand 7660 AWMM
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
p.71 AWMM
Contributors
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| Date | Name | Location | Relationship | Contact |
| 04 November 2017 | Jennifer | NZ | Other relative |
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