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Cenotaph record

Herbert Lance Elkington

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herbert Lance AWMM
  • Surname
    Elkington AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    62804 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • 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 Madsen, French Pass, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss H.O. Hippolite (sister), Madsen, French Pass, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    62804 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
  • 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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 May 1943 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM VI. D. 28. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Thank you uncle Herbert, you are not forgotten.
    Public - Apiata - Other Relative - 14 May 2015
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  • Thankyou uncle your whanau remember you
    Public - Lyman - Other Relative - 1 April 2015
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  • Thankyou auncle Herbert your whanau remember
    Public - Lyman - Other Relative - 1 April 2015
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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 June 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
14 May 2015ApiataSydney AustraliaOther Relative
01 April 2015LymanMelbourne australiaOther Relative

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