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Robert Daniel Aperahama

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Daniel AWMM
  • Surname
    Aperahama AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 71379 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 July 1925 Medal Card R26151619 Gisborne, New Zealand Medal Card R26151619
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Seaman/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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  • Served on Rahiri; Wahine; Dominion Monarch; Empire Hope; Port Sydney. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 March 1991 AWMM
    Age 64 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Plot 1101, RSA Block Eight, Maunu Cemetery, Whangarei AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Miss you. Miss Nuku. Miss the boys. Gone too soon. Asleep until the resurrection. Love you til then.
    Public - Mary ann - Other relative - 30 July 2020
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Sources

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  • External links
    Merchant Navy War Medal Index Card - 1939-1945, Archives NZ (R26151619)
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R26151619
    Further Reference
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    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from data kindly provided by Dale Calder. AWMM
    • Merchant Navy War Medal Card Index 1939-45, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, Series 7461. AWMM
    • Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM

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30 July 2020Mary annAustraliaOther relative

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