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Irwin Eugene Thomas Schruffer

  • Service number
    WWII 426036 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Irwin Eugene Thomas Schriffer AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Headstone of Gnr Irwin Eugene Thomas SCHRIFFER 426036. Allanton/Greytown Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block C23. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of Gnr Irwin Eugene Thomas SCHRIFFER 426036. Allanton/Greytown Cemetery, Dunedin City Coun …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Irwin Eugene Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Schruffer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Irwin Eugene Thomas Schriffer AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 426036 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
    WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM 57 Cargill St., Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. M.G. Schruffer, 798 Cumberland St., Dunedin (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.115 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.115
    Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.115
  • 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

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Death

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  • Death
    27 December 1982 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 65 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Allanton/Greytown Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block C, Plot 23 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.115 AWMM
    • Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218) AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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