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Cenotaph record

Ivan Howell Skipper

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ivan Howell AWMM
  • Surname
    Skipper AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jim AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII NZ414936 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 December 1920 AWMM Otorohanga, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Studholme Street AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Post office clerk/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Charles Skipper (Father) Studholme St, Morrinsville AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
    • Solomon Islands Campaign AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
  • Service number
    WWII NZ414936 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 Jun 1940 AWMM Telegraph clerk/Civilian AWMM
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Enlisted in the Army in June 1940, and the Air Force in January 1941.
    Ballot List 001848

    Rejoined Post Office after war working as clerk in Ngatea before taking Postmaster positions in Ohingaiti, Hikurangi, Helensville, Onehunga and Takapuna, then retiring and doing part-time clerical work for ASB, Queen St Head Office. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 November 2000 AWMM
    Age 79 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa, X, 41, 23, F12265 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    NZ Herald 8 November 2000 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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    Cenotaph data entry form AWMM

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