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Thurston Chadwick

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel C_008. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel C_008. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thurston AWMM
  • Surname
    Chadwick AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. abt 1878 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thurston-chadwick
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Chadwick; Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thurston-chadwick
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr Samuel Chadwick (father), Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • Husband of Jeannie Chadwick, of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/thurston-chadwick

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Chadwick; husband of Jeannie Chadwick, of Gisborne. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 December 1944 AWMM
    Age 66 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea AWMM B8. A. 21. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    ROLL OF HONOUR

    Chadwick. —On service in U.S. Merchant Marine, on December 25, 1944, Thurston, beloved husband of Jeannie, and father of John, Stephen .(overseas), Harold and Kathleen, aged GG years. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 June 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21715, 17 MAY 1945, PAGE 1
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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25 June 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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