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Oscar Harold Maxted

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Oscar Harold AWMM
  • Surname
    Maxted AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    42230 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    42230 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.242 Lorry driver/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.242
    Invercargill, Southland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.242
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Oscar Maxted was the son of Charlie and Norina Maxted, of Invercargill, New Zealand; husband of Elizabeth Ethel Maxted, of Invercargill. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 July 1944 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Caserta War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I, E, 8. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Oscar was my fathers uncle (on his mothers side). We visited his grave in the Italian cemetery at Caserta in 2017. It was a very moving experience.
    Public - Paul Claxton - Other relative - 10 December 2020
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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/2067411
    Sources Used
  • References
    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
    p.242 AWMM

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10 December 2020Paul ClaxtonNew ZealandOther relative

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