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Roger Hill

  • Service number
    Jayforce 627648 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
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Five New Zealand Support Company soldiers pose for the camera in front of a supply tent at a military training camp, Japan. Left to right back: R. Hill, J.A. McConaghty. Left to right front: J.A. Johansen, D.J. Barnes, S.R.L. Pope. A sign resting on the legs of D. Barnes reads 'Out of Bounds to all ranks.' J.A. Johansen's photograph album of peacekeeping in Japan by the New Zealand Support Company, 22nd Battalion. Please acknowledge Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections TRS-A01-32-03

Five New Zealand Support Company soldiers pose for the camera in front of a supply tent at a militar …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roger AWMM
  • Surname
    Hill AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 627648 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 26 Burns Ave., Palmerston Nth AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs. C.M. Hill, 26 Burns Ave., Palmerston North (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
    1946-1948 British Commonwealth Occupational Force, Japan AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 627648 AWMM
  • Military service
    22 Infantry Battalion AWMM
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 1946-1948 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.59 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.59
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.59
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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Memorials

Memorial

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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.59 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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