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Douglas Stace Batty

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Stace AWMM
  • Surname
    Batty AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 249429 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 July 1921 AWMM Greymouth, Grey District AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 141 High St., Greymouth AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. G. Batty, 141 High St., Greymouth (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 249429 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.25 Plumber 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.25
    Greymouth, Grey District 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.25
  • 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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  • Son of Gordon Roil Essendon and Vera Gwendoline Batty (nee Oxenham). Married Mavis Esther Ross in 1948 in Oamaru, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 December 2003 AWMM
    Age 62 AWMM
    Blenheim, Marlborough AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    82 Public - Trisha - Other relative - 2 June 2022 - Family papers death certificate
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim AWMM
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Memorials

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.25 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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02 June 2022TrishaWaipuOther relative

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