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Charles William Green

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel G_012. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel G_012. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles William AWMM
  • Surname
    Green AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    37700 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Circa 1919 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    abt 1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 February 2016 - estimated from age at death
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Albert Frederick and Kate Green Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 February 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/charles-william-green
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 51 Stout Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 51 Stout Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Kate Green (mother), 51 Stout Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Kate Green (mother), 51 Stout Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidentally killed AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Albert Frederick and Kate Green, of Gisborne AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    20 August 1942 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 3. F. 5. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 February 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • 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
      WW2 3: WW2 182 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 137 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1954). RMT: official history of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs. AWMM
      Henderson, J. (1954). p. 212 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1954). RMT: official history of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs. 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

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
03 February 2018Joanne Sharon bealeGisborneDirect descendant
20 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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