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James Lawrence Delury

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Lawrence AWMM
  • Surname
    Delury AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 9485 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1908 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    • 1908 Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - Family history
    • 11 May 1908 Public - Barbara Anne - 10 November 2022 - FAMILY PAPERS
  • Place of birth
    Timaru, NZ Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - Family history
  • Birth notes
    Probably the area known in those days as ''Scarfs Paddock'', which lay in a directly western directi Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - Historical & family history
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 196 Christchurch St., Timaru AWMM
    • The address was more likely to have been Oxford St, West Timaru Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - Family history
  • Post war occupation
    James was welcomed back to his job at the Atlas Milling Coy Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - Historical & family data
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. J. Hayhurst, 196 Christchurch St., Timaru (sister) AWMM
    • The sister with whom James was living was Mrs ''T'' Hayhurst, NOT ''J''. (Theodore) Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - Family history
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 9485 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.48 Mill employee/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.48
    Timaru, Canterbury 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.48
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag IX-C, Mulhausen, Mulhausen, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
    Almost 4 years Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - military files plus family history
  • Liberation date
    exact date unknown by me Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - family history
  • Liberation Repatriation
    James returned to Timaru Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - Military history & family history
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    • WWII 39437 AWMM
    • unknown to me Public - leslie joseph - Other relative - 23 December 2017 - family history

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.48 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 November 2022Barbara AnneMOUNT MARTHA VIC AUSTRALIAOther
23 December 2017leslie josephnorthern southland, nzOther relative

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