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James Watson Ormsby

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James Watson Ormsby

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Watson AWMM
  • Surname
    Ormsby AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    65457 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    24 July 1920 Public - Marilyn - Child - 6 May 2017 - Personal family files
  • Place of birth
    Otorohanga Public - Marilyn - Child - 6 May 2017 - Personal family files
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Atiamuri Timber Co., Putaruru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Saw Mill Manager Public - Marilyn - Child - 6 May 2017 - Personal family files
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Baxter (mother), 13 Wooten Road, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    65457 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • Documents
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 161 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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06 May 2017MarilynTokoroaChild

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