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Douglas Miller Oliver

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Sgt # 258964 D M OLIVER 2nd NZEF - NZ ARMY Engineers Corps Died 28th March 1995 aged 75yrsHe is buried in the Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui Plot 305; Aramoho, RSA Lawn C, 5

Douglas Miller OLIVER

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Miller AWMM
  • Surname
    Oliver AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 258964 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1919 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of Claude Miller & Annie Sophia OLIVER Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 192 Childers Rd., Gisborne AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. S.T. Oliver, 311 Clifford St., Gisborne (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1944 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • 1942 Douglas Miller OLIVER married Sheila Therese MUNRO of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 March 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 258964 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Enlistment
    WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.93 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.93
    Gisborne, Gisborne 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.93
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Date of death
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    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.93 AWMM

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12 March 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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