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Cenotaph record

Norman Peter Trent

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Seaman Boy on board HMNZS Philomel, portrait, taken in May 1931 - This image may be subject to copyright

Seaman Boy on board HMNZS Philomel, portrait, taken in May 1931 - This image may be subject to copyr …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman Peter AWMM
  • Surname
    Trent AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ1095 AWMM
    • WWII NZD1095 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 February 1915 AWMM New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Naval stores/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Career navalman AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Inter War 15 May 1931 AWMM
    Age 16 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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Aneurism AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • His brother John Trent served in HMNZS Leander. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 26 September 1981 AWMM
      Age 66 AWMM
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    • 1981 RNZN Communicators Association
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    North Shore Memorial Park and Crematorium (Schnapper Rock), Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand AWMM Memorial war plaque, OE, Row 5, Brick 4. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice, New Zealand Herald, 28 September 1981. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice, New Zealand Herald, 28 September 1981. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM
    • Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM

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