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Cenotaph record

Noel Tennant Cullum

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Portrait, Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II (2002) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Noel Tennant AWMM
  • Surname
    Cullum AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    26603 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Te Awamutu, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Parua Bay , Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Parua Bay , Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs O. Cullum (mother), Rural Delivery, Parua Bay , Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs O. Cullum (mother), Rural Delivery, Parua Bay , Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • 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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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - PG 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy POW Deaths (R25405152)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of sickness whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
    • 6 December 1943 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Military Hospital. Udine Pleuritis Nephritis Cardiac Adynamia. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mr and Mrs A.T. Cullum of Parua Bay Rd, Whangarei. Born at Te Awamutu and educated at Te Awamutu, Otorohanga and Te Aroha Schools.

    Worked in the bakery trade as an apprentice.

    Saw action in the Middle East and was wounded, being taken prisoner and sent to Italy. For seven months prior to his death, he was in hospital AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 June 1943 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Udine, Italy 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
    Udine War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. E. 7. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/2817656
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association. AWMM
    • 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 108 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 85 AWMM
    • Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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