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GEDCOM Note ===Donald James King, Sergeant 1382135 61 Sqn, R.A.F Volunteer reserve. Died Wednesday 19 August 1942, age 24. Runnymede memorial. Surrey England. Grave reference, panel 87. The memorial ov...
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10/1/2015
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5/22/2022
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Apanui Ngamoki was born at Omaio in the Ōpōtiki region of New Zealand's Bay of Plenty on 16 September 1915. His parents were Te Ara Ngamoki and Matekino Ngamoki (Pita). Apanui served with the 28 (Maori...
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5/17/2022
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6/4/2012
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5/8/2022
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Son of Andrew Sloan and Mary Simpson, of Auckland. Attended Auckland Grammar School. Lieutenant in AIR, file number 12/1795. Killed in action, Gallipoli.
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4/16/2021
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5/8/2022
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Clement Wilson was the son of Clement Francis Gacroft Wilson and Nellie Olive Wilson, of Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand. WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland. Killed or died ...
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5/6/2022
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5/6/2022
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Cedric Leeks was the son of Horace Robert and Lillian Rowena Leeks, of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. World War II: New Zealand Engineers, Divisional Postal Unit. Taken Prisoner of War: WW2 POW -...
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8/21/2014
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5/6/2022
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On 15 January 1945, No. 14 Squadron RNZAF pilot, Flight Lieutenant Francis George Keefe, was hit by flak while dropping bombs on the Toboi wharf in Simpson Harbour, New Britain. He bailed out of his Co...
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12/25/2017
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5/6/2022
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12/25/2017
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5/6/2022
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Parents, Raniera and Heni had two sons die in the First World War: Eruera Kawhia (16/95) and Potene Tuhoro (16/769). They went on to have two more sons and they named them in memory of the older boys. ...
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11/12/2017
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4/29/2022
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"Pilot-Officer Manawaiti has been in many daring operational sorties as wireless operator-air gunner, and has shown himself keen and reliable. His ability has helped in the success of many missions, wh...
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4/28/2022
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4/28/2022
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Harold Watkinson was the son of Joseph Watkinson and Sarah Ann Watkinson (Freer). His brother Percy was killed in action at Ypres on 12 October 1917. Another brother, Arthur, died on 2 November 1918 du...
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4/25/2022
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4/26/2022
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6/9/2012
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4/24/2022
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Inscription:
2nd NZEF, 26038 Pte Tamarangi Taihuka, NZ Infantry, died 17 November 1942 aged 24.
This record states Tamarangi's parents to be Kitini and Ani Taihuka, of Gisborne, however he is stated...
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4/16/2022
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4/17/2022
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WWII 1939 - 1945
Service number: 39134
Armed Force Branch: ARMY
Last Rank: Sergeant; 28 (Maori) Battalion
Next of kin on embarkation: Mrs M.W. Kingi (wife), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
Biographical: Wi Ki...
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3/21/2021
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4/15/2022
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Wynn Wallace Percy Wilson grew up and was educated in New Plymouth, where his father, Frank Wilson, was the mayor from 1920 to 1927. Throughout his years at New Plymouth Boy's High School he was a keen...
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4/15/2022
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4/15/2022
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4/3/2022
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4/3/2022
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World War II, 1939-1945 Air Force
Service Number WWII 405315
RCAF, 32 Service Flying Training School, Moosejaw, Saskatchewan Base Record
Course 1: Class 32. Graduation Date: 8/08/1941.
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10/4/2017
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3/29/2022
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3/18/2022
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3/1/2022
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2/14/2009
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2/28/2022
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McNAUGHTON, Albert Joseph (Dick). Service No. 71340, 2nd Exp Force, Sgt, WWII. Peacefully at the age of 94 surrounded by loving family on Wednesday 17 July 2013 at the Hilda Ross Retirement Village, Ha...
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12/23/2009
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2/20/2022
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Algernon Francis Reynish returned from war and farmed in Hokitika. However, he lost two brother's in the war. Their names are Thomas Henry Reynish and Roger Crowther Reynish. Another, sibling who serve...
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7/19/2011
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2/18/2022
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Service number: WWII 50432
Army
37th (Mixed) Battalion
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force
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2/17/2022
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2/17/2022
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Son of Sergeant Hubert Sydney Turtill, Royal Engineers (killed in action in France, 9th April, 1918), and of Mabel Edith Turtill (nee Hancock) of Takapuna, Auckland, husband of Joan Douglas Turtill (ne...
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2/10/2009
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2/15/2022
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Son of Sergeant Hubert Sydney Turtill, Royal Engineers (killed in action in France, 9th April, 1918), and of Mabel Edith Turtill (nee Hancock) of Takapuna, Auckland, husband of Margaret Isobel (nee Upt...
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4/22/2018
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2/15/2022
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WW2 Mrs. W. Reenberg, care of New Zealand House, The Strand, London, England (mother).
WW2 Gunner/Military
Korea Warrant Officer Class 2
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2/14/2022
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John Reenberg was the son of Kay and Elizabeth Reenberg. Accidental Death. Killed in an aircraft accident during cross country training and bombing practice.
14 February 1942 - Pilot Officer John Regi...
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2/14/2022
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2/14/2022
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Trevor Blakemore was the son of William Henry Blakemore (1881-1949) and Annie Elizabeth Blakemore (nee Campion) (1886-1959), of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand, who married in New Zealand in 1911. Worl...
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2/13/2022
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2/13/2022
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Charles Brandon was the son of Henry Brandon, and of Ethel Cecilia Brandon (nee North), of Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Killed on air operations. Served with 489 Squadron (18 Group - Coastal Comm...
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2/13/2022
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2/13/2022
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Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : Feb 12 2022, 4:58:26 UTC
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2/11/2022
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2/3/2022
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Neil Svenson was the son of Neil Peter and Annie Svenson, of Wanganui, New Zealand. Member of College Rifles Rugby Football Club. Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force, 77 Squadron. Aircraft: Armstrong Whitwo...
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1/31/2022
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2/2/2022
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NZ BDM
Birth: 1915/2264 Fitton Arthur George Eveline Constance Edwin
Death: 1987/37767 Fitton Arthur George 5 December 1914
WARS AND CONFLICTS
WAR: World War II, 1939-1945
ARMED FORCE ...
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11/21/2017
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2/1/2022
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Surname: Scott
Forename(s): Keriti
World War 2
Serial No: 6084
Rank: Private
Address on enlistment: Putiki, Wanganui, New Zealand
Next of kin: Mrs Heemi Scott (mother), Airport Road, Putiki, Wangan...
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1/31/2022
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1/31/2022
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Robert Scott was the son of Robert Richard Irvine Scott and of Ellen Jessie May Scott (nee Fraser), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand
WAR: World War II, 1939-1945
CAMPAIGN: Italy
ARMED FORCE /...
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1/30/2022
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WAR:
World War I, 1914-1918
World War II, 1939-1945
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH: Army
SERVICE NUMBER:
WWI 27289
WWII 3/17/1463
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12/5/2017
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1/25/2022
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WAR: World War II, 1939-1945
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH: Navy
SERVICE NUMBER: WWII NZD3012
Pekanbaru Death Railway - A Railway on Sumatra Constructed by Prisoners of the Japanese During WWII (1943 - ...
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12/5/2017
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1/25/2022
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Awarded OBE in 1978 for services to the brewing industry and the community.
President of the Brewers Association
President of the Manufacturers Association in the 1960s and 1970s
President of the...
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2/13/2011
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1/24/2022
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James (Jim) was born in on 30 March 1925 and passed away in Taupo on 31 January 2015.
Military Service
Jim enlisted into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 26 October 1940 when he was 15 and a half year...
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9/16/2007
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1/24/2022
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WAR: World War II, 1939-1945
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH: Army
SERVICE NUMBER: 232363
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1/22/2022
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1/22/2022
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Hāmuera Henry Yorke was born at Paihia, Bay of Islands in New Zealand's North Island on 23 February 1919. His parents were James Edward Yorke and Mary Wharenikau York (nee Wikaire) who had married at W...
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6/9/2017
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1/21/2022
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Son of Frederick George Phipps and of Frances June Phipps (nee Newport), of Hope, Nelson, New Zealand; husband of Eleanora Garth Phipps, of Richmond, Nelson.
Killed on active service.
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2/20/2015
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1/18/2022
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William Bremner (father), Drury, New Zealand
Mrs E.W. Bremner (wife), Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand
Malaria, three months in hospital, discharged Christmas 1918
30 Jul 1942 - Died in a motor vehicle ...
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1/18/2022
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WAR: World War II, 1939-1945
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH: Air Force
SERVICE NUMBER: NZ429157 WWII 429157
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1/17/2022
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1/17/2022
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WAR: World War II, 1939-1945
CAMPAIGN: Europe (Air)
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH: Air Force
SERVICE NUMBER: NZ41577
Aircrew Remembered F/O. Gore
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1/17/2022
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12/30/2012
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5/29/2013
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BISHOP, William Norman (Bill). J Force 644146 22 Battalion 2nd NZEF. Born June 27th 1925, passed away peacefully on 9th December 2017, at St John's Hospital, Auckland, aged 92. Dearly loved youngest so...
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1/2/2022
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SERVICE NUMBER WWII: 34508
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH: Army
WAR: World War II, 1939-1945
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10/9/2010
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1/1/2022
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James Henry Gray worked for Ray Cullen on his farm at Kihikihi, a small town located in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. He then went to work for a relation E.J.Cullen at Maungatu...
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12/31/2021
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12/31/2021
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Son of John Archibald Campbell and of Teu Campbell (nee Bosini). Brother of Bill, Margaret and Alistair Campbell. Stuart Alexander Maireriki Campbell was born in 1923 on Tongareva, the northernmost ato...
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12/27/2021
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12/27/2021
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Son of Aperahama Wharerau and of Ruima Wharerau née Morunga. Husband of Katie Annie Wharerau. Died of wounds. Buried in Forli War Cemetery, Forli, Provincia di Forli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy ( II, A, 4.)...
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4/22/2009
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12/19/2021
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Son of James Hargest (9/286 , 31156) kia 1944 and of Marie Henrietta Hargest (22/48) (nee Wilkie), of Rakauhauka, Southland. His brother Peter Miles Hargest (207275) was killed during the Malayan Emerg...
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12/9/2021
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12/9/2021
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James Hargest, generally known as Jim or Jimmy, was born in Gore on 4 September 1891, the son of Mary Prosser and her husband, James Hargest, a labourer. He was educated at Gore and Mandeville schools,...
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12/9/2021
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12/9/2021
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Robert Tapsell was the son of Kiri and Terehina Tapsell, of Maketu, New Zealand.
Killed on Active Service.
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12/24/2014
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12/7/2021
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Among those rescued from the British transport Marquette, torpedoed in the Aegean Sea, on October 23, was Sergt. M. McConnell, of No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital. Sergt. McConnell enlisted from T...
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2/4/2017
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12/2/2021
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William Alfred Griffin and Althea Roie Lloyd married in New Zealand in 1938 (reg. 1938/14457). Their address was 13 St Benedict Street in Auckland, New Zealand when William signed up during World War I...
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12/1/2021
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12/1/2021
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Born in New Zealand on 20 March 1913 (reg. 1913/7708). Son of Sidney Cecil and Elizabeth Te Poono Crapp; husband of Kathleen Crapp, of Howick, Auckland.
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6/23/2018
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11/30/2021
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BEREAVEMENT THANKS. MR. AND MRS. J. HUNTER and family wish to thank all those who so kindly sympathised with them in their recent sad loss. For all letters, sympathy cards, telegrams and telephone mess...
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2/26/2018
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11/25/2021
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William Smith was the son of Georgina Annie and the late Hon. William Cowper Smith, of Waipukurau, New Zealand. Also served at Gallipoli. Gunner in NZFA, file number 11/822.
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7/6/2020
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11/24/2021
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Son of Walter Andrew and Lilian Elsie Scarlett, of Stockton Mine, Nelson. Educated at Karamea District High School. A post-war search by an Australian war graves unit located the aircraft and the bodie...
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9/3/2021
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11/24/2021
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Ralph Atherton Ashton was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 31 March 1921 (reg. 1921/12140). His parents were William Vernon and Edith Emily Ashton, of Henderson, Auckland. Ralph attended Mount Albert G...
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11/19/2021
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11/19/2021
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WW2 POW - Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria
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10/21/2017
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11/16/2021
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James Henry Wright was born at Masterton in New Zealand's North Island on 28 September 1920. His parents were Frederick Henry Wright and Agnes Wright (nee MacDonald) who had married in Wellington in 19...
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11/13/2021
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11/13/2021
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551287 Gnr
N.H. Bruce
NZ Artillery
2nd NZEF
Died 22-4-1963 aged 48 yrs.
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8/10/2010
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11/7/2021
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Son of Alfred Herbert Oliphant Stewart and Sarah Ellen Stewart, of Gisborne; husband of Elsie Dorothea Stewart, of Orakei, Auckland.
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10/14/2012
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11/6/2021
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Educated at Auckland Grammar School. Gordon Stewart fought in battles at Tempe and Pinios Gorge, Medenine, Cassino, La Romota and Florence. He was wounded on 3 March 1943 when the jeep he was travellin...
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3/27/2016
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11/6/2021
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Cenotaph Record: . Service Number: 43534. Likely death registration: (reg. 1974/41673).
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11/24/2016
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11/6/2021
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Cenotaph Record: Safety Foundation. Source: Date: 23-MAY-1942* Time: 03:10 LT* Type: Airspeed Oxford Mk II* Owner/operator: 11 (P) Advanced Flying Unit Royal Air Force (11 (P) AFU RAF)* Registration: P...
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7/21/2019
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11/5/2021
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Sir Angus McMillan Tait KNZM OBE (22 July 1919 – 7 August 2007) was a New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman. Tait had a childhood fascination for electronics and during and after high schoo...
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4/27/2016
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11/5/2021
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10/23/2016
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11/3/2021
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Sir Edward Denis Blundell, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QSO (29 May 1907 – 24 September 1984) was a New Zealand lawyer, cricketer and diplomat who served as the 12th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 19...
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5/7/2011
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11/1/2021
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Cenotaph: WW2 POW - Crete AWMM* Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)* WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Germany of Christopher John ERLBECKFLOWER, Jack Mincher 2nd cousin once remov...
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3/22/2009
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11/1/2021
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Robert James Tizard CNZM (7 June 1924 – 28 January 2016) was a Labour politician from New Zealand. He served as the sixth deputy prime minister, the minister of Finance, minister of Health and minister...
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10/31/2021
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11/8/2019
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10/30/2021
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Edward John McGrath was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1919. His parents were Daniel Edward McGrath and Kathleen Mary Ellen McGrath (nee Nyhane) who married in 1914. Edward worked as a compositor ...
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10/20/2021
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10/20/2021
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FORENAMES Allenby McMaster AWMM* SURNAME Stanton AWMM* SERVICE NUMBER WWII 49670 AWMM* GENDER Male AWMM==Sources==# Cenotaph: Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy : Oct 5 2021, 3:21:38 UTC # R...
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12/9/2016
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10/5/2021
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Husband of M.E. Gifford of Dominion Road, Auckland. He received his education at Avondale School and Seddon Memorial Technical College. A keen sportsman, he played Rugby Football, and participated in b...
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9/15/2021
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The P Class was designed in 1923 by Harry Highet and was originally known as the Tauranga Class. Over the years it has grown more sophisticated and has embraced modern technology but it remains more or...
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9/12/2021
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Sources==# Cenotaph:
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8/23/2021
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Croix de Guerre avec Palme. Son of James Stellin and of Beatrice Hart Stellin (nee Heard), of Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Cenotaph: 1944, 22 year-old James Stellin was one of several thousand N...
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8/19/2021
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Sgt 391341 Clifford, RNZAF, was the son of Henry and Annette Clifford of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. He died on active service on the 23rd August 1940, age 24. * Cenotaph: .
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7/28/2021
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Born in Wellington, John Kehoe (Jack) had served in the Royal New Zealand Navy during WWII. He married his sweetheart Maureen directly after the War and joined the Traffic Safety Service as a traffic o...
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7/21/2021
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AIR FATALITY - SPIN INTO SEA. An airman pilot in training, Leading Aircraftman Arthur Louis Skinner, was killed at Paekakariki this morning, when an aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force flew int...
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7/20/2021
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Tauranga Architect:
Public Library (combined with Electricity Department building) in Willow Street in Tauranga
Bank of New Zealand building in Wharf Street, Tauranga
Tauranga Hotel
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7/18/2021
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Derek was born on 19th April 1915, the eldest son of Cecil Henry and Margaret Tessier Clinkard (nee Gray) of Wanganui, New Zealand... In 1921 Derek went to St. John's Hill School in the town. He enroll...
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11/16/2017
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6/24/2021
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"Air Commodore Theodore Jasper Maclean de Lange CBE DFC (born Simla 16 June 1914, died Rotorua 4 July 2005) was a senior officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). In his career, he served in ...
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6/16/2012
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6/19/2021
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John Pohe (10 December 1914– 31 March 1944), was a New Zealand Māori Royal New Zealand Air Force officer and bomber pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. Notable for his part in the...
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4/19/2020
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6/12/2021
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40928, Captain then T/Major, New Zealand Medical Corps, 2NZEF
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3/12/2016
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6/7/2021
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Kenneth Nelson Dobson and Elizabeth Brenda Candy did not marry.
Birth registration # : 1918/24748 DOBSON Kenneth Nelson; Mother Coralie Mary Jean Alberta;
Father Henry McCULLAGH
Birth registration # : ...
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8/31/2020
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Alexander Spence was the son of George and Mary Spence; husband of Margaret Josephine Spence, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna.LEADING ...
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5/31/2021
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"On ANZAC day New Zealanders remember the heroism and sacrifice of those killed in war, but not all soldiers have legacies worth celebrating. Case in point: Roy Courlander, a NZ Army Private who volunt...
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11/18/2015
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5/30/2021
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ILMO James John Crawford 22-7-1922 - 8-7-1999 Regt. No. 76034 Sgt 5th field Regt. NZ Army WW2 Loved by all.==Sources==# Cenotaph: .
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