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Richard Robert H. Toa

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Robert H. AWMM
  • Surname
    Toa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 4761 AWMM
    • WWII NZ4761 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 February 1922 AWMM
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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Stoker Navy Demobilisation R21465798
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • Posted to minesweeper KIWI in 1942 and served in her until March 1944 with a brief posting to the minesweeper HMNZS MATAI in 1944. Presumably was serving in her when she and MOA sank the Japanese submarine HIMJS I-1 off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal on 30 January 1943. He was sent to Britain in 1944 to the shore establishment DRAKE. From his posting card it does not appear that he was posted to a Royal Navy vessel and was returned to New Zealand in late 1945. AWMM
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Death

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Sources

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  • External links
    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/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
    Further Reference
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    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • 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 AWMM

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