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Ian James Ashcroft

  • Service number
    Jayforce 812820 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ian James AWMM
  • Surname
    Ashcroft AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 812820 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
    Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Kerikeri Central R.D. AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs. I.E. Ashcroft, Kerikeri Central R.D. (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Single/Jayforce AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 812820 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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.6 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.6
    Whangarei, Northland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.6
  • 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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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • DIED. ASHCROFT, Ian James (J. Force) (Reg. No. 812820). On September 16, 1997, passed away peacefully at home with family. Aged 69 years. Dearly loved father of Linden, Revell and Gail, Shane and Linda, and grand-dad of Summer and Alaska. Dearly loved husband of the late Joy. A service for Ian will be held at Pyes Pa Crematorium Chapel, on Friday, at 11am. In lieu of flowers donations to the Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1081, Tauranga, may be left at the chapel. Communications to 10 Tinopai Drive, Omokora. New Zealand Herald, 18 September 1997.
    Public - Carolyn - Other relative - 20 October 2017
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Sources

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    • 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.6 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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20 October 2017CarolynAuckland New ZealandOther relative

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