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Frederick Morris Spurdle

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 2 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 2 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick Morris AWMM
  • Surname
    Spurdle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    31322 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 November 1917 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Georgette Road, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    MR G.N. Spurdle (father), Georgette Road, Wanganui, 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
    31322 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Frederick Spurdle was the son of George Norman and Mary Gertrude Spurdle, of Wanganui, New Zealand

    Entered on Embarkation Roll as Spurdle, Frederick Marris. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Crete, Greece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. C. 4. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • We shall never forget.
    Public - Rachel - Other relative - 25 April 2020
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  • Frederick Morris Spurdle is my great-uncle on my fathers side. He is my fathers, mothers brother who died at Crete 24th May 1941. We will never forget their sacrifice
    Public - Rachel - Other relative - 25 April 2017
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  • Frederick Morris Spurdle is my great-uncle on my fathers side. He is my fathers, mothers brother who died at Crete 24th May 1941. We will never forget their sacrifice
    Public - Rachel - Other relative - 21 January 2016
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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 174 AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • The parting of the ways : a souvenir record of the triumphs, tribulations and maritime musings of returning draft H.M.N.Z.T No. 217, 'Zealandic'. January 18th, 1919 to February 26th, 1919. AWMM

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06 May 2022Ian BanlsTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 April 2020RachelPalmerston NorthOther relative

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