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Cenotaph record

Edward Phillips Ombler

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Phillips AWMM
  • Surname
    Ombler AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    1568 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 December 1917 AWMM Timaru, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 15 Onslow Street, St Clair, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr E H Ombler (father)15 Onslow Street, St Clair, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 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
    1568 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 Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM
  • 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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edward Ombler was the son of Edward H. and Rena B. Ombler, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Sidi Azeiz, Libya AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 9. C. 1. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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