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Edmund Joseph Goldfinch

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edmund Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Goldfinch AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Edmond AWMM
    • Ted AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 652324 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 State Forestry, Golden Downs, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mr P.T. Goldfinch (brother), P.O. Box 33, Ohura, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Peg; father of Cathy, Percy, Pat, Shane

    Name spelled as Edmond on the Nominal Roll AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 August 2009 AWMM
    Age 83 AWMM
    Whangarei, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kaiwaka Cemetery, Kaiwaka, Kaipara AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 August 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Uncle Ted, I often tell my wife about you. You were a cool dude old Gut
    Public - Edmond (ted) - Direct descendant - 11 June 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 48 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 August 2009 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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11 June 2017Edmond (ted)PapakuraDirect descendant

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