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Cenotaph record

Gilbert Alfred Tetley Seaton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gilbert Alfred Tetley AWMM
  • Surname
    Seaton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    21977 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 Sheehan Street, Shannon, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A.C. Seaton (father), Sheehan Street, Shannon, 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
    21977 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
    WW2 POW - Greece POW Deaths (R25405152)
    In German Hospital, near Corinth Canal, Greece. AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of wounds while a Prisoner of War AWMM
    • 30 May 1941 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      In German Hospital, near Corinth Canal, Greece. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Alfred Charles Seaton, and of Minnie Ellen Seaton (nee Jones), of Shannon AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Greece, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM 8. C. 14. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2240654
    Sources Used
  • 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 166 AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM

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