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Charles Edward Burrell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Burrell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    31045 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Private Bag, Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Edward Burrell (father), Private Bag, Feilding, Manawatu, 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
    • North Africa AWMM
    • Libya AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    31045 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
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded Libya AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Leg amputated AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Only son of Edward Burrell and Maud Burrell.

    Educated at Feilding Agricultural High School

    Described in the Old Pupils Association Roll of Honur as a "Modest unassuming, happy youth". AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 March 1942 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Feilding Cemetery, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM Plot 272 Row 30 Block 3 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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