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Robert John Henry Seal

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Portrait of Major Robert John Henry Seal, Auckland Weekly News, 5 May 1943. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19430505-18-1. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Major Robert John Henry Seal, Auckland Weekly News, 5 May 1943. Auckland Libraries Herit …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert John Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Seal AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bob AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 23747 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 February 1910 AWMM London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Victoria Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr J.E. Seal (father), Richmond Avenue, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
    • 1863, Susan Ann Seal Nee King Mother, Chippenham or Manes, Cambridge, England Public - John Henry - Other Relative - 10 March 2015 - Family papers of my Great Uncle John Seal born 1920 (Ditching, West Sussex, England), died Oct 2012.
  • Relationship status
    • Single AWMM
    • Unknown - Married Public - John Henry - Other Relative - 10 March 2015 - Family papers of my Great Uncle John Seal born 1920 (Ditching, West Sussex, England), died Oct 2012.
      Stories from my mother Joan Mary Hewson nee Seal born Oct 1928 and living in Masterton NZ

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
    WW2 Public accountant/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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 9 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      hazel AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded, shot in shoulder, 26 March 1943 AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Liver and heart failure AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Betty, father of Jonathan and Robin

    Robert Seal first enlisted as a territorial with the Waikato Mounted Rifles, 1930's.

    He then enlisted with the Airforce, serving at Mangere Airbase as an adjutant; as an adjutant at Hobsonville Airbase, and then he transferred to the army.

    Posted as NZ Liaison Officer (LO) to General Headquarters, Middle East Force in 1944.

    General Staff Officer class 2 (GSO 2) of HQ Allied Military Liaison, Yugoslavia, 1944.

    Last rank is Major but he was acting Lieutenant Colonel. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    11 November 1976 AWMM
    Age 67 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald 13 & 15 November 1976 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • 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 425 AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      p. 131-2; 160, 171, 175-6, 192, 199 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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10 March 2015John HenryRussell, New ZealandOther Relative

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