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Hector Charles Porter

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hector Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Porter AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    62162 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 December 1916 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 41 Sherwood Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr H. Porter (father), 41 Sherwood Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 7 April 1941 AWMM Legally Separated AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    62162 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 Unknown AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM
    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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Hector Porter was the son of Harold and Alma Porter, of Auckland, New Zealand. Hector was married but legally separated from Rebecca Margaret Gibson and they had a son Bruce Charles Porter who was adopted by Rebecca's mother (Bruce's grandmother) Margaret Gibson.

    Bruce Charles Gibson (formerly Porter) was Hector's official nex of kin and was recipient of Hector's war medals and NZ Memorial Cross. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. A. 22. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Memorial tree, magnolia, planted at his family home, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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