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Arthur George Childs

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur George AWMM
  • Surname
    Childs AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 42642 AWMM
    • 11089 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 42 Mandalay Terrace, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Herbert Edward Childs (father), 42 Mandalay Terrace, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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

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 wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Herbert Edward and Sarah Jane Childs, of London, England

    Two sons, brothers Arthur George Childs (42642) and Austin Herbert Childs (33308) served in WW2.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 April 1943 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM VIII. B. 13 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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06 June 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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