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Paul Edward Bernard

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Paul Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Bernard AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    France, Europe AWMM
    France AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Seaman Bernard was the son of Edward and Catherine Bernard, of Bordeaux, France.

    He married Sarah Ann Bernard (nee Mitchell), of Ohiro Bay, Wellington, New Zealand in 1929.

    Seaman Bernard died when SS Sulaco was sunk by U-124. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    19 October 1940 AWMM
    Age 59 AWMM
    North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Tower Hill Memorial, Trinity Square, London, England AWMM

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