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Irvine Arthur Bull

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 16 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 16 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Irvine Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Bull AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    37076 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/irvine-arthur-bull
  • Birth notes
    Son of Ernest Arthur Bull and of Madeline Bull (nee McDonell), of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/irvine-arthur-bull
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Valley Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr E.A. Bull (father), Valley Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    37076 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 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Irvine Bull was the son of Ernest Arthur Bull and of Madeline Bull (nee McDonell), of Gisborne, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 March 1941 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Egypt Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/irvine-arthur-bull
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Alamein Memorial, Egypt Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/irvine-arthur-bull
  • Grave reference
    Column 102 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/irvine-arthur-bull
  • Obituary
    Soldier Believed Drowned
    Private Irvine Arthur Bull, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who was reported yesterday as missing, believed drowned, was 26 years of age, and single. He was the son of Mr. E. A. Bull, Valley road, Mangapapa , and attended the Mangapapa School and the Gisborne High School. Later he worked on farms in the Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay districts. Last October he entered a mobilisation camp, enlisting from Gisborne. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 May 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20522, 4 APRIL 1941, PAGE 9
  • Memorial name
    Alamein Memorial, Egypt Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/irvine-arthur-bull
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2119974
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 3: WW2 63 AWMM

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07 May 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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