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Cenotaph record

Edgar Bramwell Blumenthal

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Blockhouse Bay Primary School Roll of Honour, detail (photo John Halpin 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

Blockhouse Bay Primary School Roll of Honour, detail (photo John Halpin 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edgar Bramwell AWMM
  • Surname
    Blumenthal AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    68707 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1920 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Bolton Road, Avondale South, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K. Blumenthal (mother), Bolton Street, Avondale South, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    68707 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 Factory hand/Civilian AWMM
    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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Netty; father of Annette and Neil. Grandfather to Daniel, Simon, Selina and Wayne. (Source: Public Source)

    Member of Milford RSA AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 January 2005 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Takapuna, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Roll of Honour, Blockhouse Bay Primary School, 584 Blockhouse Bay Road, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • Sending all my love to you & Nan this ANZAC Day. Miss you xxx
    Public - Selina - Direct descendant - 25 April 2020
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  • Thinking of you today & always.
    Public - Annette - Child - 25 April 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 6: WW2 6 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2020SelinaAuckland, New Zealand Direct descendant
25 April 2020AnnetteAucklandChild

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