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Albert Joseph Dobbs

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Dobbs AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 431453 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 1945 AWMM Kauri Pt., Kati Kati AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. W.N. Dobbs, c/o D.W. Shepherd, Makeokeo, Pirongia (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1945 AWMM Married/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 431453 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.40 Farmer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.40
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.40
  • 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
  • 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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  • It's great to learn about my great grandfather and his experience of war. What a great resource to have for future generations to know a little bit more about their ancestors. (Dad misses his mash potatoes too)
    Public - Olivia - Direct descendant - 28 October 2021
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  • Albert Joseph Dobbs was my Poppa and I wish I had asked him more about his service and written it down as he passed in 1999 before he turned 80. He told us stories about how he was one of the last groups to leave for war as he was a shepherd and he had a wife and children. He served in the support services, often as a cook (he made mean mashed potatoes), and told us stories of riding a motorbike in Egypt and getting fired upon.
    I miss him.
    Public - Tracey - Other relative - 15 September 2021
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Sources

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.40 AWMM

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28 October 2021OliviaAuckland, New ZealandDirect descendant
15 September 2021TraceyTaurangaOther relative

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