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James Leon Anderson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Leon AWMM
  • Surname
    Anderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ10123 AWMM
    • WWII 10123 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 November 1928 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM
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  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Railway Guard/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 31 August 1944 AWMM
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  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    30 January 2017 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ruru Lawn Cemetery off Ruru Road Christchurch New Zealand AWMM Block 1H, Plot 593 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice published in The Press, 1 Feb 2017.
    ANDERSON, James Leon (Jim): On January 30, 2017, at Burwood Hospital, aged 88 years. Dearly loved father and father-in-law of Karen and Barry Vickery, Cheryl Morris and her partner Keven, and William and Sandra, adored grandad of Tracy and Darryn, Leanne and Dean, Phillip (deceased); Aaron, Stuart and Bec, Amy and Huck; Jessica and James; loving great-grandad of Emma, Jamie; Ashleigh, Natalya; Rory, Izak, Te Ana; Flynn, and Bowie; AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Always in our hearts ♥️
    Public - Tracy - Direct descendant - 11 May 2020
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Sources

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    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • 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. AWMM

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