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Charles George Gentil

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles George AWMM
  • Surname
    Gentil AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Chas AWMM
  • Service number
    2775 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 December 1914 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 3 September 1939 AWMM 47 St Andrew's Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Charles Herbert Gentil (father), 47 St Andrew's Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 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
    WW2 3 September 1939 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Photo engraver/Civilian AWMM
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  • 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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Cancer AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Charles Gentil produced fake maps of the Desert and left them in abandoned military vehicles for the enemy to find.

    "On his return from four years' service overseas, Captain Gentil was appointed to the Draughting Department of the A.A. and until his retirement engaged in drawing new and revising old maps, touring itineraries and other touring information for members' current and post war motoring.

    An experienced artist and draughtsman, Captain Gentil went overseas with the First Echelon in January 1940, was commissioned in February 1941, and after serving as a platoon commander in Greece and Crete, transferred to the British Intelligence and served consecutively on the personal staffs of Generals, Cunningham, Ritchie, Auchinleck, and Montgomery. In the Tunisian campaign, Captain Gentil was mentioned in despatches, and he returned to New Zealand with the second furlough draft in 1944."

    Served in the British 8th Army (Intelligence Section) AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 October 1989 AWMM
    Age 75 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    NZ Herald AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Find New Zealand Artists
    https://findnzartists.org.nz/artist/5611
    Further Reference
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 64 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      NZ Herald AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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