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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Vera Blackwell

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  • Service number
    72001 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Moreland AWMM
    • Vera Moreland AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Roll of Honour, WW2, St Michael's and All Angel's Church (photo J. Halpin April 2011) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vera AWMM
  • Surname
    Blackwell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Moreland AWMM
    • Vera Moreland AWMM
  • Service number
    72001 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 December 1908 WWII WAAC Roll
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Hakaru, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W.H. Blackwell (brother), Hakaru, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 22 December 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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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  • Wife of William Keith Moreland

    Promoted to Corporal, 1 September 1942 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 December 1984 AWMM
    Waipu, Northland AWMM
  • 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

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Roll of Honour, St Michael's and All Angel's Church, 61 Valley Road, Hakaru, Northland, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Probate, Auckland Regional Office
    http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=961318
    Further Reference
  • Documents
    • New Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 6: WW2 6 AWMM
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.6 AWMM
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