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Peter Swarbrick

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Portrait, Weekly News - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Peter AWMM
  • Surname
    Swarbrick AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    49847 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
    • Unknown AWMM Kiwitahi RD, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Kiwitahi RD, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr S.P. Swarbrick, Kiwitahi, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr S.P. Swarbrick, Kiwitahi, Morrinsville, 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
    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 Louis Pieters Swarbrick and Bessie Swarbrick of Kiwitahi AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Norfolk Island, Australia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kingston Cemetery, Norfolk Island, Pacific Islands AWMM Grave 689 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/2385257
    Sources Used
  • References
    • The Weekly News AWMM
      Weekly News, 1943 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 136 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 386 AWMM
    • Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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