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Mervin Victor Saunders

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mervin Victor AWMM
  • Surname
    Saunders AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 70895 AWMM
    • WWII NZ432843 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 January 1923 Dale Calder Research (2020)
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Reuben Saunders. Of Kawakawa. Place of death: Broadwood. Possibly a brother of William Laurence Saunders? AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 September 1983 Dale Calder Research (2020)
    Age 60 AWMM
    Broadwood, Northland Dale Calder Research (2020)
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Russell Cemetery, Russell AWMM RSA Division, Plot 50 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    Archives NZ Probate
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R963706
    Further Reference
  • References
    • This record was partially created from data kindly provided by Dale Calder. AWMM
    • Jayforce Nominal Roll, Manning: No 14 Squadron (1947-1948), Archives New Zealand. AIR1 17211 (R21077358). AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Forms 38' Medical report files - 14 Squadron Japan. Archives New Zealand, AIR1W3869 (R18631080). AWMM

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