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Cenotaph record

Arthur Charles Guptill

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Image of Gravestone at Purewa Cemetery supplied by Paul Baker December 2013 - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Guptill AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25601 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Brethren AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 February 1915 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 31 January 1940 AWMM 9 Karaka Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Carrier (self-employed)/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Guptill (mother), 9 Karaka St, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 7 August 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    25601 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 31 January 1940 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Duco sprayer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM
      Greece, Europe AWMM
      20 Apr 1941-Jun 1945 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 1 June 1945 AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 4280 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Joyce nee Hancox

    While in Egypt, Guptill was fined 15 shillings and forfeited 3 days' pay for being absent without leave.

    Guptill married Joyce after the war.

    An extract from Arthur Guptill's diary is held in the Auckland Museum Armoury Resource Centre. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 May 1965 AWMM
    Age 50 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block M, Row 21, Plot 043 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Roll of Honour, Avondale Baptist Church, 1939-1945, Corner Blockhouse Bay Road and New North Road, Auckland AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Goodwin, T. (2010). Thine, O Lord, is the victory. Auckland, N.Z.: T. Goodwin. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • 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 188 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum Armoury Resource Centre, Biographical vertical file AWMM
    • Goodwin, T. (2010). Thine, O Lord, is the victory. Auckland, N.Z.: T. Goodwin. AWMM
      Goodwin, T. (2010). p. 17 - 18, includes photographs AWMM
    • Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 24520 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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