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William Desmond Jarman

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Desmond AWMM
  • Surname
    Jarman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ433295 AWMM
    • WWII 433295 AWMM
    • Jayforce 636177 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 November 1924 Cemetery Record
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM 39 Mt. Pleasant, Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mr. W.O. Jarman, Porirua Rd., Johnsonville (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

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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

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Death

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  • Death
    2 September 2020 AWMM
    Age 95 AWMM
    Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: The Whanganui Chronicle, 10 September 2020 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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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
    • 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
    • Borman, C. (1954). Divisional Signals. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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