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Leslie Walter Parris

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Parris AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 425873 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
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 34 Marama Tce., Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM 34 Marama Tce., Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. D.L.A. Parris, 34 Marama Tce., Auckland (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. D.L.A. Parris, 34 Marama 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 425873 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.307 Storeman & packer 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.307
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.307
    • WW2 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.110 Storeman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.110
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.110
  • 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
  • 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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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.307 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.110 AWMM
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