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Olin Rodda

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2nd NZEF, 46593 Dvr O (Hec) RODDA, NZ Army Service Corps, died 8 May 1982 aged 62 years; JEAN I RODDA, died 2 April 1986. aged 59 years Both are buried in the Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Block RSA 34 Plot 105

Olin RODDA

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Olin AWMM
  • Surname
    Rodda AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 46593 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 February 1920 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    02 02 1920 Public - ann - Child - 9 January 2020 - family papers
  • Place of birth
    Wellington Public - ann - Child - 9 January 2020 - family papers
  • Birth notes
    Son of Leslie John & Florence Lilian RODDA Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM P.O., Hautanoa AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    butcher Public - ann - Child - 9 January 2020 - family papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. L. Geary, P.O., Hautanoa (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • 1946 Olin RODDA married Jean Isabella ROWLEY Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 March 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 46593 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.181 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.181
    Gisborne, Gisborne 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.181
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.181 AWMM

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31 March 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
09 January 2020annpalmerston north nzChild

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