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Douglas Basil West

Headstone of Gnr Douglas Basil WEST 65989. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 4A18. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of Gnr Douglas Basil WEST 65989. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 4A18. …

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Basil AWMM
  • Surname
    West AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 65989 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 1941 AWMM 7 Havelock St., Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. H.A. West, 7 Havelock St., Dunedin (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 65989 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 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.223 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.223
    DunedinOtago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.223
  • 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
    7 May 2000 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 83 AWMM
  • Date of death
    7 May 2000 Public - Terry - Other relative - 19 June 2019 - Dunedin City Council Cemeteries search,
    https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=55236&type=Ashes%20Burial
  • Age at death
    83 Public - Terry - Other relative - 19 June 2019 - Dunedin City Council Cemeteries search,
    https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=55236&type=Ashes%20Burial
  • Place of death
    Dunedin Public Hospital (resident of Mosgiel) Public - Terry - Other relative - 19 June 2019 - Dunedin City Council Cemeteries search,
    https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=55236&type=Ashes%20Burial
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 4A, Plot 18 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Green Park Cemetery, Brighton Road, Waldronville, Dunedin. Public - Terry - Other relative - 19 June 2019 - Dunedin City Council Cemeteries search,
    https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=55236&type=Ashes%20Burial
  • Grave reference
    Block 4A. Plot 18 Public - Terry - Other relative - 19 June 2019 - Dunedin City Council Cemeteries search,
    https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=55236&type=Ashes%20Burial
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.223 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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19 June 2019TerryFeatherston, Wairarapa, New ZealandOther relative

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