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Harry Leo Cleaver

  • Service number
    Jayforce 617991 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
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Harry Leo Cleaver

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Leo AWMM
  • Surname
    Cleaver AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 617991 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 October 1923 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    22/10/1923 Public - Gail - Child - 7 February 2020 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    Waiotira Public - Gail - Child - 7 February 2020 - New Zealand
  • Birth notes
    Freda Boucher Public - Gail - Child - 7 February 2020 - Lefreda Boucher was his mother.
    Harry was known as Harry Leo Cleaver all his life.
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM C/o. F.L. Taylor, Tahuna Rd., Morrinsville AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Gail - Child - 7 February 2020 - Worked on Several Farms
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs. H. Cleaver, Tangowahine, Dargaville (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Single/Jayforce AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 617991 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 1946-1948 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.24 Dairy farmhand/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.24
    Morrinsville, Waikato 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.24
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Deaths: #617991, Trooper, Div Cav, J Force; husband of Marjorie; father of Treena, Gail, Stephen, Christine, Maxine, Christopher, Sarah, Public - Elli - Researcher - 24 June 2020 - Newspaper: New Zealand Herald (Auckland), 16apr1988, section 8/p16
    • Ex-Husband of Murna Marjorie Cleaver: Children, Treena, Gail & Stephen.
      Ex -Partner Barbara Tavener: Child, Christine.
      Partner Marjorie Cleaver: Children, Maxine, Christopher & Sarah. Public - Gail - Child - 9 August 2020 - Actual Details of Parents for the Children.
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    14 April 1988 Public - Elli - Researcher - 24 June 2020 - Newspaper: New Zealand Herald, 16apr1988, section 8/p16
  • Age at death
    64 years Public - Elli - Researcher - 24 June 2020 - Newspaper: New Zealand Herald, 16apr1988, section 8/p16
  • Place of death
    Auckland Public - Elli - Researcher - 24 June 2020 - Newspaper: New Zealand Herald, 16apr1988, section 8/p16
  • Cause of death
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.24 AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
09 August 2020GailNorth WaikatoChild
25 June 2020ElliWellington, New ZealandResearcher

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