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Victor George Cooper

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Victor George AWMM
  • Surname
    Cooper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 272393 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    17/3/1915 Public - Rowan - Other relative - 3 September 2022 - BDM 1915/19721
  • Place of birth
    Morere, Hawke's Bay Public - Rowan - Other relative - 3 September 2022 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM Morere AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. R. Cooper, Morere (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1942 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 272393 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 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.86 Rotary helper/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.86
    Wairoa, Hawkes Bay 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.86
  • 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
    24/10/1965 Public - Rowan - Other relative - 3 September 2022 - BDM 1965/45019
  • Age at death
    50 Public - Rowan - Other relative - 3 September 2022 - Family papers
  • Place of death
    Nuhaka, Hawkes Bay Public - Rowan - Other relative - 3 September 2022 - Family papers
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Wairoa Cemetery Public - Rowan - Other relative - 3 September 2022 - Family papers
  • Grave reference
    Row 5 Plot 8, Old Cemetery Public - Rowan - Other relative - 3 September 2022 - Family papers
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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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.86 AWMM

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03 September 2022RowanChristchurch New Zealand Other relative

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