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Jean Meryll Stanley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jean Meryll AWMM
  • Surname
    Stanley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 820438 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 December 1921 AWMM
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  • Place of birth
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  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 820438 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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  • Age on enlistment

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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • In mid-August 1942, Gunner Jean Stanley became the first New Zealand woman to give the firing order for a live shoot using a predictor, an anti-aircraft fire-control system.

    Father: Francis Stanley and Mother: Sarah Jean Goffin. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 June 1999 AWMM
    Manukau, South Auckland AWMM
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