Arthur Owen Woodhouse
Born 18 Jul 1916 - Died 15 Apr 2014
- Service number
- WWII 3855 AWMM
- WWII NZ3855 AWMM
- WWII NZD3855 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Navy AWMM
- Last rank
- WW2 Lieutenant Commander/Military Public source
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Arthur Owen AWMM
- Surname
- Woodhouse AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWII 3855 AWMM
- WWII NZ3855 AWMM
- WWII NZD3855 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 18 Jul 1916 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
- Lawyer/Civilian AWMM
- Judge/Civilian AWMM
- Supreme Court judge/Civilian AWMM
- Next of kin
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
- Adriatic (Naval) AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Navy AWMM
- Service number
- WWII 3855 AWMM
- WWII NZ3855 AWMM
- WWII NZD3855 AWMM
- Military service
- HM MTB 85 AWMM
- HM MTB 410 AWMM
- Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (Imperial), Scheme B AWMM
Hostilities Only Scheme 'B' AWMM - Royal New Zealand Navy AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ) AWMM
2007 AWMM
Additional Member appointed in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Institution of the Order AWMM - Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) AWMM
1981 AWMM - Knight Bachelor AWMM
1974 AWMM - Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) AWMM
1944 AWMM - War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW2 Lieutenant Commander/Military Public source
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Biographical information
- Son of Arthur and Wilhelmina. Attended Napier Boys' High School and Auckland University College. President of the Court of Appeal and architect of the New Zealand Accident Compensation Scheme. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 15 Apr 2014 AWMM
Age 97 AWMM - Date of death
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- Place of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland AWMM Plot 65, Row 59, Block E AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Owen Woodhouse, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Woodhouse
Further Reference - The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse, New Zealand Honour Recipient, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
https://dpmc.govt.nz/honours/recipients/woodhouse-right-honourable-sir-arthur-owen-onz-kbe-dsc
Further Reference - Geoff Adlam, Rt Hon Sir Owen Woodhouse ONZ, KBE, DSC, 1916 - 2014, New Zealand Law Society
https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/people-in-the-law/obituaries/obituaries-list/rt-hon-sir-owen-woodhouse-onz,-kbe,-dsc,-1916-2015
Further Reference - Sir Owen Woodhouse - obituary, The Telegraph (UK), 6 May 2014
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10811802/Sir-Owen-Woodhouse-obituary.html
Further Reference - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7114702
Further Reference - Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
Further Reference - Penlain, Grace. From the Southern Cross to the Northern Lights: New Zealanders in the Arctic Convoys, 1941-45. Master’s thesis, Massey University, 2022.
http://hdl.handle.net/10179/17843
Sources Used
- Owen Woodhouse, Wikipedia
- References
- Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798)
- 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.
- Ancestry.com. UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy.
- Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
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