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Douglas Alan Cleverley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Alan AWMM
  • Surname
    Cleverley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 272072 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    31 December 1921 Public - Yvonne Margaret - Child - 25 August 2019 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    Oamaru, New Zealand Public - Yvonne Margaret - Child - 25 August 2019 - Birrth Certificate
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM 20 Torridge St., Oamaru AWMM
    • Lived at 17 Mersey Street, Oamaru with his wife and 2 children prior to embarkment. Moved his family to his parents at 20 Torridge St when he had to go away Public - Yvonne Margaret - Child - 25 August 2019 - Verbal, from parents Doug and Margaret
  • Post war occupation
    Bought Fosters Bakehouse Oamaru with brother Noel, moved to Timaru to grow tomatoes commercially, be Public - Yvonne Margaret - Child - 25 August 2019 - Verbal, and personal experience
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. M.W. Cleverley, 17 Mersey St., Oamaru (w) AWMM
    • 2 Children on embarkation: Alan Douglas Cleverly DOB 20 Sept 1943, Yvonne Maragaret DOB 3 January 1945 Public - Yvonne Margaret - Child - 25 August 2019 - Birth Certificates, from my parents, my personal history
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1945 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • Married to Margaret Winifred Watson Public - Yvonne Margaret - Child - 25 August 2019 - Marriage certificate, verbal, personal history

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 272072 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 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.30 Driver/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.30
    Oamaru, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.30
  • 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

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  • Death
  • 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

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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.30 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 August 2019Yvonne MargaretAuckland, New ZealandChild

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