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John Gerard O'Loan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    • Mr Public - Rosemary - Child - 27 April 2023 - Family source
    • Mr Public - Rosemary - Child - 27 April 2023 - Famliy Papers
  • Forenames
    John Gerard AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Loan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 277647 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Rosemary - Child - 27 April 2023 - Famliy Papers

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM 15A Rendall Place, Eden Tce., Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM 15A Rendall Pl., Eden Tce., Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. G.H. O'Loan, 15A Rendall Place, Eden Tce., Auckland (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. G.H. O'Loan, 15A Rendall Pl., Eden Tce., Auckland (m) 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 277647 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 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.146 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.146
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.146
    • WW2 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.107 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.107
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.107
  • 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

About death

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

Memorials

Memorial

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  • John O'Loan married Joyce Finlay in March 1948. They had 4 children - Margaret, Rosemary, Philip, and Barbara. John O'Loan died on 8 July 1959, in his 40th year.
    Public - Rosemary - Child - 27 April 2023
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.146 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.107 AWMM

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27 April 2023RosemaryAuckland New ZealandChild

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