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Richard Ferris

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Ferris AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Dick AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 61413 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 November 1910 BDM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 90 Elles Road, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr R. Ferris (father), Gorton Street, Gore, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Patrice (Pat)

    Father and Father-in-law to Barbara and Gavan Poff, Rosie Ferris, Cynthia and Neil Lewis, Patsie and Rodney Barltrop, Phillipa and Russell Cull, Elizabeth Ferris and Columba Boyack, Joanne and Neil Murphy and Richard and Jacqui Ferris. (Source: NZ Herald, 1/10/2008) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 September 2008 Death Notice
    Age 98 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Glenorchy Cemetery,Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand AWMM Plot 4, Block 6 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    New Zealand Herald, 1 October 2008. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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