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Victor Joseph Tanner

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Joe receiving his DSO medal from General Freiburg in early May 1944. Location Volturno, Italy.

Victor Joseph (Joe) Tanner - DSO 1944

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Victor Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Tanner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 23153 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 1940-1941 AWMM Care of 70 Devonport Rd., Tauranga AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM 70 Devonport Rd., Tauranga AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. V.J. Tanner, Willow St., Tauranga (father) AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. V.J. Tanner, Willow St., Tauranga (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.463 Sales manager/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.463
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.463
    • WW2 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.138 Sales manager/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.138
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.138
  • 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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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    16 June 1989 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.463 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.138 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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17 May 2021Chris New ZealandDirect descendant

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