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Thomas William Roberts

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas William AWMM
  • Surname
    Roberts AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 32360 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 May 1916 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Care of Douglas Private Hotel, Dunedin AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM C/o Douglas Private Hotel, Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Chemist/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. E. Roberts, Kinness Rural Delivery, Milton, Otago (mother) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. E. Roberts, Kinness R.D., Milton (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Theatre/Area of operations & posting: Fiji – 29 Battalion (from: 2/11/1940 To: 14/08/1941)

    Theatre/Area of operations & posting:Egypt – NZMC Training cadre; 23 Field Ambulance; 4 Field Ambulance (from: 20/10/1941 To: 17/10/1943)

    Theatre/Area of operations & posting: Italy – 4 Field Ambulance (from: 20/10/1943 To: 10/02/1945) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 September 1990 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Bromley, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM Block 1H. Plot 196 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Sources

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  • External links
    ROBERTS Thomas William - Lumsden and Dunedin - Retired Pharmacist - Probate
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R14726773
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.404 AWMM
    • 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.180 AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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