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Cenotaph record

Denis John Sheehan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Denis John AWMM
  • Surname
    Sheehan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 454049 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 December 1923 Cemetery Record
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM 123 Forfar St., Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs. M. Sheehan, 222 Rolleston St., Christchurch (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Married/Jayforce AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 1946-1948 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.120 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.120
    Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.120
  • 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
    9 November 2013 Death Notice
    Age 89 AWMM
    Rangiora, Canterbury Death Notice
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Plot 193, RSA Block, Rangiora Cemetery, Waimakariri, Canterbury AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: The Press, 16 November 2013. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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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.120 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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