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Alfred Norman Slater

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Norman AWMM
  • Surname
    Slater AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    5333 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 200 The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K. Slater (wife), 200 The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    5333 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Medical practitioner AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Kokkinia Prisoner-of-War Hospital, Kokinia, Greece WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Chief surgeon at the Stalag VIII B hospital. Worked with Dr John Borrie during captivity.

    Captain A. N. Slater (Stalag VIII B)

    Letter 1: 3/1/42
    We average about 60 operations a month here. A large number of NZers are going through our hands and I feel it is a real privilege to have a change of helping them.

    Letter 2: 9/2/1942
    Still no sign of parcel but it takes ages; as far as I know no NZ parcels have arrived yet. Fortunately we have all the essentials of life here, a change of clothing, a warm bed and sufficient food, although it becomes incredibly monotonous. The days are lengthening and the cold is not so intense. We get news from German papers and now get an occasional French paper in the Mess. The health generally of PoWs is excellent.

    (Source: The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet (No. 5, August 1942, p.4)) AWMM
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Death

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 166 AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM
    • Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Prisoners of War Enquiry Office. (1941–1944). The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet: Official pamphlet of the Prisoners of War Enquiry Office of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM
      No. 5, August 1942, p.4 AWMM
    • McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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