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Penwill James Moore

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  • Service number
    • WWII 3842 AWMM
    • WWII NZ3842 AWMM
    • WWII NZD3842 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Penwill James AWMM
  • Surname
    Moore AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 3842 AWMM
    • WWII NZ3842 AWMM
    • WWII NZD3842 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 August 1920 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 8 Bridge St, Rongatai, Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Accountant/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • 24 September 1944 AWMM
      Advanced course in calibration of navigational instruments. AWMM
    • 1942 AWMM
      Royal Navy, HMS Ganges AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Special Branch/Military Navy Demobilisation R21465798
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1941 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • 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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  • Attended Miramar South School, Rongotai College (1932-1937), and Victoria University College. Source: Ryman Anzac Book 2019.

    On D-Day (6 June 1944), Moore was responsible for the navigational instruments of the crafts that landed on Juno beach and for the naval firefighter ships at Littlehampton in Sussex.

    Moore received the Medal of Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour on the 12th of February 2015. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    2021 Port Nicholas Royal Yacht Club
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    102 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 1 January 2022 - Death notice, NZ Herald 1 January 2022
  • Place of death
    Rita Angus Retirement Village, Kilbirnie, Wellington Public - Stoney - Researcher - 1 January 2022 - Death notice, NZ Herald 1 January 2022
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01 January 2022StoneyTuakauResearcher

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