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Cenotaph record

Allan Edward Manus Agnew

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Allan Edward Manus AWMM
  • Surname
    Agnew AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Allan Edward Marries Agnew AWMM
  • Service number
    9105 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 161 Bay View Road, Dunedin S2, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Nona Elizabeth Agnew (wife), 161 Bay View Road, Dunedin S2, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    9105 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      2 January 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Dulag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Poland POW Deaths (R25405152)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 32393 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
    • 2 February 1945 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      fall causing wound sorts with haemorrhage AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Edward Agnew and of Irene Elizabeth Agnew (nee Bell), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Nona Elizabeth Agnew, of Dunedin.

    Name Marries listed on the Nominal Roll not Manus

    A recording of Allan Agnew sending greetings from North Africa to his family in New Zealand is held at the Sound Archives. He requested Treasure Island be played. Ref. DAT 76 Tk8 (58 sec). AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 2 February 1945 AWMM
      Age 29 AWMM
      Germany, Europe AWMM
    • 2 February 1945 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 28 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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 6 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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