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Gregory Ambrose Dodunski

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gregory Ambrose AWMM
  • Surname
    Dodunski AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 219381 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM P.B., Edgecumbe AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1946-1948 AWMM P.B., Edgecumbe AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. M. Dodunski, R.D., Whakatane (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. M. Dodunski, Whakatane, R.D. (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    Military Medal (MM) AWMM
    10 May 1945 AWMM
    The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Dodunski, Gregory Ambrose. (Ref. WO 373/11/611). Military Medal. AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    14 July 1984 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
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  • Age at death
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  • We have learnt Uncle Greg would have received the Victoria Cross, But, due to his rougue sense of humour and activities he instead received the Military Medal for his bravery.
    Public - Barabara Anne - Direct descendant - 28 September 2019
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.110 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.35 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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