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Watson Frank Tidswell

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Watson's name is on the Roll of Honour in the Taumarunui War Memorial Hall, Hakiaha Street, Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand.

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Watson Frank AWMM
  • Surname
    Tidswell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    35770 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    35770 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Frank and Carmen Avis Tidswell, of Taumarunui AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 16. H. 4. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Taumarunui War Memorial Hall, Hakiaha Street, Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand. Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 2 December 2020 - research

Roll of Honour

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  • My Great Great Uncle Watty. If I am correct his brother, again my Great Great uncle, Uncle Charlie, fought during one of the great wars as well, returning with shell shock... an infliction that was part of his life into the 90's in which years he passed away. née Tidswell, Nairn and then myself, Smith, Andrew Alexander.
    Public - Andrew - Other relative - 25 April 2016
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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/2058236
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 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
      p.475 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 November 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 April 2016AndrewAlbury, AustraliaOther relative

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