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Leslie Ronald Biggs

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Ronald AWMM
  • Surname
    Biggs AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 441623 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    25 December 1922 Public - David - Direct descendant - 27 February 2019 - Birth certificate
  • Place of birth
    Christchurch NZ Public - David - Direct descendant - 27 February 2019 - Birth certificate
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 11 Euston St., Riccarton, Christchurch AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. D.E. Biggs, 11 Euston St., Riccarton, Christchurch (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1944 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 441623 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.12 Student teacher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.12
    Christchurch, Canterbury 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.12
  • 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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 October 2014 Death Notice
    Age 91 AWMM
    Lower Hutt, Wellington Death Notice
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: Dominion Post, 17 October 2014. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.12 AWMM

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27 February 2019DavidMelbourne AustraliaDirect descendant

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