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Cenotaph record

Rex Oswald Wickman

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

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

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rex Oswald AWMM
  • Surname
    Wickman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Red Wickman AWMM
  • Service number
    12117 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 May 1913 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 22 January 1940 AWMM 15 Lillington Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs F. Wickman (mother), 15 Lillington Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 7 August 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 22 January 1940 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Gardener/Civilian AWMM
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  • 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
      Sand on the lung AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart attack AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Pension - Grade 3 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 November 1972 AWMM
    Age 59 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Manukau Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium (Papatoetoe Cemetery), 357 Puhinui Road, Puhinui, Manukau City AWMM RSA Block B Lot 637 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 3: WW2 512 AWMM

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