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Cenotaph record

Thomas George Bloxham

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Portrait (kindly provided by the serviceman) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait (kindly provided by the serviceman) - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas George AWMM
  • Surname
    Bloxham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    66484 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 April 1919 AWMM Stratford, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 July 1940 AWMM Shaftesbury, Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer and Horticulturalist/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.A. Bloxham, Shaftesbury, Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 September 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • North Africa AWMM
    • Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    66484 AWMM
  • Military service
    None AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • 7-8 weeks at Papakura Camp AWMM
    • 4-5 weeks El Maadi AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1 July 1940 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
    Thames, Coromandel District 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 6 inches AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Fractured scaphoid - Naples Barletta Bari AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Alice Maud and Thomas Percival Bloxham. Brother of Royce Bloxham.

    Husband of Mary; father of Kevin, Kathryn, Stephen, Peter, Moira, Gerard, Linda

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2002 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 December 2008 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Otāhuhu, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 6 January 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 24 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 6 January 2009 AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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