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George Albert Anscombe

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Anscombe AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 818360 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 May 1926 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM 9 Ariel St., Stratford AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Jayforce Mrs. C. Anscombe, 9 Ariel St., Stratford (m) AWMM
    • Son of Albert Anscombe and Caroline Anscombe [Nee Lockwood] Public - Ross - Other relative - 13 January 2019 - Family Papers
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Single/Jayforce AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 1946-1948 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.5 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.5
    Stratford, Taranaki 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.5
  • 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
    12 December 2018 AWMM
    Age 92 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice; New Zealand Herald, 14-15 December 2018. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.5 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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13 January 2019RossBulls NZOther relative

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