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Cenotaph record

Noel Somervell Culpan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Noel Somervell AWMM
  • Surname
    Culpan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ427019 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    World War 2/wars AWMM
    France and Germany (TBC) AWMM
    Created during migration for ww2 records that were listed as western front and need to be corrected AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ427019 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
  • 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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Noel Culpan was the son of Rae and Blanche M. M. Culpan, of Auckland, New Zealand.

    Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 December 1944 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France AWMM Block "S". Plot 1. Row L. Grave 11. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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