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James Gerald Stokely Doorly

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Portrait of Captain James Gerald Stokely Doorly, Auckland Weekly News, 28 March 1918. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19180328-36-2. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Captain James Gerald Stokely Doorly, Auckland Weekly News, 28 March 1918. Sir George Gre …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Gerald Stokely AWMM
  • Surname
    Doorly AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Gerald Doorly AWMM
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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    WW1 Master Mariner/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Commanded New Zealand troop transports and Admiralty colliers during the First World War and served in the Australian Merchant Navy piloting troopsips and merchant vessels through the rip into Melbourne during the Second World War. Subsequently moved back to New Zealand. Captained the ship Aparima when it was sunk in the English Channel. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 November 1956 AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    Memorial Inscription, Karori Cemetery, Wellington AWMM
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