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Cenotaph record

Maxwell Townsend

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Portrait, standing in the garden (kindly provided by family) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maxwell AWMM
  • Surname
    Townsend AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZD1683 AWMM
    • 1683 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 January 1919 AWMM Taumarunui, Taupo AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Cheese factory hand/Civilian AWMM
    Cheese Factory Worker, Farms, McKechnies, New Plymouth AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Henry George Townsend (father) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 August 1939 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
    Inter War 12 November 1938 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Fisherman/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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Tonsilitis and Mumps AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart Attack AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 January 1989 AWMM
    Age 69 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Awanui Cemetery, Awanui Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM Block II, Allotment 70 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Taranaki Daily News, 3/4 January 1989 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. New Plymouth District Council.
    http://www.newplymouthnz.com/AtoZOfCouncilServices/CemeteriesAndCrematorium/CemeterySearch.htm
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Correspondence with family AWMM
    • Taranaki Daily News AWMM
      Death notice: Taranaki Daily News, 3/4 January 1989 AWMM
    • Awanui Cemetery, Awanui Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 3369 AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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