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Victor Douglas Thompson

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Victor Douglas Thompson (Tamihana)

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Victor Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Thompson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    62628 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Laws Road, R.M.D., Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Shearer & Freezing Worker Public - Adrian James - Child - 23 April 2015 - Family
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H. Thompson (mother), Laws Road, R.M.D., Dannevirke, 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
    62628 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 November 1988 Public Source
  • Date of death
    5 November 1988 Public - Adrian James - Child - 23 April 2015 - Family
  • Age at death
    69 Public - Adrian James - Child - 23 April 2015 - Family
  • Place of death
    Masterton, NZ Public - Adrian James - Child - 23 April 2015 - Family
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Victor died on 5th November 1988 and is buried at the River Road Lawn Cemetery in the Returned Services plot, Masterton, New Zealand.
    Public - Adrian James - Child - 11 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 350 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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23 April 2015Adrian JamesMasterton, NZChild

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