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Cenotaph record

Errol Cliff Morton

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Portrait, signed (kindly provided by family) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, signed (kindly provided by family) - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Errol Cliff AWMM
  • Surname
    Morton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    5328 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 November 1908 AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 14 September 1939 AWMM 9 Cornwall Street, Eltham, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Secretary/Manager/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C.W. Morton (wife), Preston Street, Eltham, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • North Africa AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    5328 AWMM
  • Military service
    Territorials AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 14 September 1939 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Cashier/Civilian AWMM
    Stratford, Taranaki AWMM
  • 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Chronic dysentry AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Prostate Cancer AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Appointed as Base HQ Commandant Maadi Camp, Egypt AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 December 1980 AWMM
    Age 72 AWMM
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.129 AWMM
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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