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Rex Olsen Laurence

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Portrait of Rex Olsen Laurence, Royal New Zealand Navy, c.Second World War. Image kindly provided by Glenwyss Brooks (April 2020). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Rex Olsen Laurence, Royal New Zealand Navy, c.Second World War. Image kindly provided by …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rex Olsen AWMM
  • Surname
    Laurence AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ10631 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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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 Farmer/Civilian Family source
  • 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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Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Robert Laurence and Elsie May Laurence nee Yelland. Married to Daphne Louden. Two daughters Karen & Kathryn,two sons Ross & Craig. Family source.

    Surname spelt incorrectly as 'Lawrence' in official Ballot List. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 October 2005 AWMM
    Age 80 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Waitara Cemetery, Waitara, Taranaki AWMM Plot 93, Services Area Cremation AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • 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
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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