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Cenotaph record

Samuel Bigwood

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Portrait standing on a balconey - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait standing on a balconey - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel AWMM
  • Surname
    Bigwood AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    62392 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 August 1907 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 4 July 1940 AWMM c/o P.O., Waitoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L[illian May] Bigwood (wife), Waitoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 7 April 1941 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 1 child AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 9 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded in 1945 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Returned to New Zealand AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Promoted to Corporal on 1 October 1943 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 May 1986 AWMM
    Age 78 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.31 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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