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Rex Hood Smith

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Portrait of Rex Hood Smith, 626748 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Gino Demeer 1168-7239. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Rex Hood Smith, 626748 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Gino Demeer 1168-7239. CC-BY-NC-ND …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rex Hood AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 626748 AWMM
    • WWII 433752 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 1945 AWMM C/o Butcher, Matakana AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. D.W. Smith, c/o Butcher, Matakana (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1945 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 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.133 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.133
    Wellsford, Auckland Province 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.133
  • 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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  • Member of the Mt Wellington, Howick, Whangarei RSA. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 May 2022 AWMM
    Age 98 AWMM
  • Date of death
    5 May 2022 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 7 May 2022 - Death notice, NZ Herald 7 May 2022
  • Age at death
    98 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 7 May 2022 - Death notice, NZ Herald 7 May 2022
  • Place of death
    Whangarei Public - Stoney - Researcher - 7 May 2022 - Death notice, NZ Herald 7 May 2022
  • 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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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.133 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245) AWMM
      p.137 AWMM

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17 March 2023LynnWhangareiOther
07 May 2022StoneyTuakauResearcher

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