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Joy Edith Sims

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Gravestone of Corporal Ian Hamilton West and Corporal Joy Edith Boyden (nee Sims), Taupo Public Cemetery, Taupo, Waikato. Image kindly provided by John Forrest (July 2021).

Gravestone of Corporal Ian Hamilton West and Corporal Joy Edith Boyden (nee Sims), Taupo Public Ceme …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joy Edith AWMM
  • Surname
    Sims AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Joy Boyden AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII W4959 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 March 1923 AWMM
  • 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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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Women's Auxilliary 1 (WA1)/Military Errol Martyn WAAF Research
  • Enlistment
    WW2 22 March 1943 Errol Martyn WAAF Research
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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

About death

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  • Death
    30 August 2010 Cemetery Record
    Age 87 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taupo Public Cemetery, Taupo, Waikato AWMM Plot 43, Cremation Berm, 2nd RSA Area AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Errol Martyn (2020) AWMM

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