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Laurence Edward Dovey

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Laurence Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Dovey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ422680 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 November 1920 AWMM Brooklyn, Wellington AWMM
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Husband of the late Nola. Refs; Martyn E W, For Your Tomorrow, Vol 3, P 605 [ref 132]. Hanson C M, By Such Deeds, p.165. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    21 September 2013 AWMM
    Age 91 AWMM
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    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death Notice: 28 September 2013 AWMM

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