Richard Deuchar Spencer
I whānau mai i te 25 Sept 1914 - I mate atu i te 20 Jul 1987
- Nama Hōia
- 23605 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Dick AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- New Zealand Dental Corps AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Richard Deuchar AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Spencer AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Dick AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 23605 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 25 Sept 1914 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM 8 Carlton Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
- Dentist/Civilian AWMM
- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs Vera Elaine Spencer (wife), "Kaingara", Kimbolton Road, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 27 Aug 1940 AWMM Married AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Greece AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 23605 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Dentist/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Vessel was Mauritania AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 2 Division Dental Corps, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Base AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
- WW2
27 Apr 1941 AWMM
Capture by German paratroopers on Athens side of Corinth AWMM - WW2 POW - Greece AWMM
- WW2 POW - Stalag 357 (No. 2), Thorn, modern day Toruń, Poland AWMM
- WW2 POW - Stalag XX-A, Thorn, modern day Toruń, Poland AWMM
- WW2
- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
fair AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
blue AWMM - Wounds , Diseases, Unknown Period AWMM
Anaemia AWMM - Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Heart attack AWMM
- Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- End of War AWMM New Zealand Dental Corps AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Father of Richard (born 16 September 1946) and Hamish (born 23 October 1957). Both born in Whanganui. Practised dentistry in Whanganui. Retired in the early 1980s.
Captain R. D. Spencer (Stalag XX A)
Letter 1: 29 November 1942
The lad who died the other day was from Whangarei. Considering there are only about 20 NZers in this Stalag, we all felt rather sad about it. About 30 were permitted to go to the funeral and there were 4 nice wreaths. The British graves are well kept in a pretty little corner of the cemetery, as they were in Athens. I have now received a generous share of back letters. It is true to say that receiving letters is my greatest joy. We have much to be thankful for here and the weekly Red Cross parcels are magnificent. The other night the PoWs put on the best concert I have seen for 2 years. The "girls" were ravishing, their figures having been suitably reinforced with cardboard.
Letter 2: Undated
In recent months a good many men have been sitting exams; and I have had to do my share of vigilating. This week we had a visit from the Protecting Power (Swiss) and a Swiss doctor, both of whom have done much for us. I had the unique experience of extracting a tooth of the Protecting Power, have also been doing fillings, etc for Nigel Plunket, who is a grandson of Lord Plunket, former Governor of NZ. Last week I did 70 fillings, so you see a good many men pass through my hands every day and the whole morale of the prisoners is something to be proud of.
(Source: The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet (Special, June 1943, p.5)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 20 Jul 1987 AWMM
Age 72 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Death notice: Wanganui Chronicle/Herald, 23 July 1987 AWMM
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Anson, T.V. (1960). The New Zealand dental services. Wellington, N.Z.: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs. Digital copy.
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Dent.html
Sources Used - Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
Further Reference
- Anson, T.V. (1960). The New Zealand dental services. Wellington, N.Z.: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs. Digital copy.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Information kindly provided by family
Cenotaph data entry form - Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 3: WW2 447 - The New Zealand Herald
Death notice: Wanganui Chronicle/Herald, 23 July 1987 - List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
- Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
- Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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.
Special, June 1943, p.5 - McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Information kindly provided by family
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