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Mary Martin

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Tui's in Cairo, 1945. Left to Right, Back Row:- Kim May, Audrey Gilbert, Pat Ching, Bobby Beasley, Sally Ralph, Peggy Horn, Pat Henry, Emma Avenal, Melva McIvor, Second Row:- Betty Liggett, June Morgan, May Lawson, Joan Gunn, Mavis Watson, Nancy Geddes, Margaret Mortlock (killed in France), Margaret Knight, Joanna Bartlett, Audrey Jones Front Row:- Joy Haith, Nancy Baldwin, Jessie Anderson, Nan Pickering, Isobel Brock, Mary Martin, Andrea Lawson, Gwen Perry, Laura Collings, Mavis Burns, Joy Powell. Image kindly provided by John Stevenson (April 2021).

Tui's in Cairo, 1945. Left to Right, Back Row:- Kim May, Audrey Gilbert, Pat Ching, Bobby Beasley, S …

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mary AWMM
  • Surname
    Martin AWMM
  • Ingoa
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  • Service number
    • WWII 814826 AWMM
    • Jayforce 814826 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 21 A Grange Road, Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
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    • WW2 Honorable B. Martin (father), Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Honorable B. Martin (father), Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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Death

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Sources

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  • References
    • 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. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.88 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.65 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] - Lists - Overseas Information [including Strength Returns and Embarkation Rolls] (1943 - 1945) - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, (R22502074) AWMM
    • WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] - Middle East - Drafts - Strength Return [and Embarkation Rolls] (1943-1945). Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R22502075). AWMM

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