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Oswald Freeman Abel

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Oswald Freeman AWMM
  • Surname
    Abel AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ossie AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ4313153 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 August 1914 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Dulcie; father of Alan AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 August 2004 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Takanini, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Papakura South (Gatland Road, Drury) Cemetery, Gatland Road, Drury, Papakura District, New Zealand AWMM GRSAL-A-013 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, August 2004 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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