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Ernest John Coward

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest John AWMM
  • Surname
    Coward AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 391757 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Aug 1906 AWMM Blenheim, Marlborough AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM C/o Mr. A. Saunders, P.O. Box 30, Otautau AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. W. Coward, c/o Mr. F. Fissendon, Seddon (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 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 391757 AWMM
  • Military service
    T Force T Force (R22440224)
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 10, p.19 Tunneller/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 10, p.19
    Invercargill, Southland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 10, p.19
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Walter Richard and Wilhelmina Coward (nee Silvius) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 May 1990 AWMM
    Age 83 AWMM
    Blenheim, Marlborough AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    RSA Fairhall Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 10 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1943 to 31st March, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.19 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Disembarkation T-force [WW2 Tonga Force Disembarkation Roll], Archives NZ, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440224) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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