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Cenotaph record

Leslie Rowland

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie AWMM
  • Surname
    Rowland AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 46765 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 West Coast Rd., Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM West Coast Rd., Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM West Coast Rd., Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. K. Rowland, West Coast Rd., Glen Eden, Auckland (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. K. Rowland, West Coast Rd., Glen Eden, Auckland (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. N.I. Rowland, 33 Marine Pde., Napier (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 46765 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    19 April 1946 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Prot. Soldiers Area G, Row 8, Grave 13. AWMM Waikumete Cemetery, West Auckland AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2919636
    Sources Used
  • 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.183 AWMM
    • 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.345 AWMM
    • 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.124 AWMM
    • Cooke, P. (2018). Roll of New Zealand’s Second World War Dead. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group.; Peter Cooke; 2018. AWMM
      p.382 AWMM

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