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Ernest Oliver Amoore

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Portraut of Sergeant Ernest Oliver Amoore in uniform. Image kindly provided by his son, Dennis Amoore (December 2022).

Portraut of Sergeant Ernest Oliver Amoore in uniform. Image kindly provided by his son, Dennis Amoor …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Oliver AWMM
  • Surname
    Amoore AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ434262 AWMM
    • WWII 434262 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
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  • Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 October 1918 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Tirau, Waikato AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 J. W. Amoore, State Highway 1, Tirau, Waikato AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ434262 AWMM
    • WWII 434262 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    1943 AWMM
  • 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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  • Last rank
    WW2 8 February 1946 AWMM Sergeant AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Enlisted in the New Zealand Army in 1941, but did not embark overseas. Transferred to Air Force in 1943 and embarked in 1945.

    Posted to New Hebrides and Norfolk Island. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 August 2002 AWMM
    Age 83 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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