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Cenotaph record

Maxwell Douglas Petersen

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maxwell Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Petersen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Douglas Petersen AWMM
  • Service number
    31241 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1904 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 49 Maidavale Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs G. Petersen (wife), 49 Maidavale Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    31241 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 Chef/Civilian AWMM
    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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Drowned AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Maxwell Petersen was the son of Julius Emil and Jessie Petersen; husband of Gladys Petersen, of Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand.

    Listed as Douglas Petersen on the Nominal Roll.

    Birth and death dates taken from his military tombstone. Births, Deaths and Marriages offer alternative dates. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 May 1940 AWMM
    Cape Town, Republic of South Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa AWMM Military Allotment. Grave 96922C. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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