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Desleigh Gordon Downes

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Portrait of Desleigh Gordon Downes, 82528 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Adrian Barrett 1151-2040. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Desleigh Gordon Downes, 82528 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Adrian Barrett 1151-2040. CC …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Desleigh Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Downes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 82528 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 1944 AWMM Bank of N.S.W., Nelson AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. U.A. Downes, 8 Kitirawa Rd., Remuera, Auckland (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1944 AWMM Single/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 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.27 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.27
    Kawakawa, Bay of Islands 2NZEF Nom. Roll 14, p.27
  • 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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  • Member of the Takapuna RSA. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    2015 New Zealand Herald
    Age 95 AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman New Zealand Herald
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.27 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245) AWMM
      p.154 AWMM

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