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Owen Sellars McGarvey

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Plaque for Owen Sellars McGarvey at Papatoetoe Cemetery. Image kindly provided by Mark Wilcox (May 2021).

Plaque for Owen Sellars McGarvey at Papatoetoe Cemetery. Image kindly provided by Mark Wilcox (May 2 …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Owen Sellars AWMM
  • Surname
    McGarvey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jimmy AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 429798 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 November 1920 Public source Helensville, Auckland Province Public source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM R.D., Helensville AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Printer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. A.E. McGarvey, R.D., Helensville (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1942 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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.248 Farmhand/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.248
    Helensville, Auckland Province 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.248
  • 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
    28 January 1980 AWMM
    Age 59 AWMM
    Piopio, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Papatoetoe Cemetery, Papatoetoe, Auckland AWMM Plot 686, Return Service Area AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Hello grandpa Im sad i never got to meet you
    Public - Joshua - Direct descendant - 6 March 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • 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.248 AWMM
    • L.R.D.G. Membership Roll February 1970. Long Range Desert Group (N.Z. Association). Auckland Museum EPH-W2-11-27. AWMM
    • O'Carroll, B. (2000). The Kiwi scorpions : the story of the New Zealanders in the Long Range Desert Group. Devon, England: Token Publishing. AWMM

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06 March 2022Joshua Levin- new zealand Direct descendant

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