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Dennis Robert Lawrence Murphy

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Dennis Robert Lawrence AWMM
  • Surname
    Murphy AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Dennis Robert Murphy AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 68547 AWMM
    • Korea 206526 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
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  • Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 42 Nixon St., Wanganui East AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 42 Nixon St., Wanganui East AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. M.J.A. Murphy, Keketahi Mill, National Park (f) AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. J.A. Murphy, Keketahi Mill, National Park (f) AWMM
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Service

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Participated in landings on Mono Island on 27th October 1943

    Original member of BN, still in unit on 1/4/1944 AWMM

Death

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    2001 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    O'Neill, I.G. (1946). The 36th Battalion: a Record of the Service of the 36th Battalion with the Third Division in the Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. Digital copy
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2IP-36Ba.html
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.103 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.288 AWMM
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
    • Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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