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Norman Douglas Velvin

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Velvin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 32954 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 5 Collins St., Hawera AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 5 Collins St., Hawera AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. J.W. Velvin, 28 Union St., Palmerston North (father) AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. J.W. Velvin, 28 Union St., Palmrston N. (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 32954 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 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.488 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.488
      Hawera, Taranaki 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.488
    • WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.128 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.128
      Hawera, Taranaki 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.128
  • 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. (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.488 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.128 AWMM

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