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Joan Thelma Moore

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joan Thelma AWMM
  • Surname
    Moore AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Wauchop AWMM
    • Joan Thelma Wauchop AWMM
  • Service number
    810707 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 December 1919 AWMM Tokomaru Bay, East Cape AWMM
    Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 314 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 314 Parnell Rd., Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Accountant/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S.E. Moore (mother), 314 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1945 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Accountant/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married Frederick Henry Wauchop (serial number 70790) who also served in WW2.

    Arrived at Port Tewfik on 29 January 1945, left for Italy on 13 February and arrived Taranto on 18 February 1945.

    On embarkation Private Moore served as a VAD Nurse

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the servicewoman in 1999. 21 April 1945. The 15th Reinforcements for 2 NZEF (155 officers and 3391 other ranks) embarked in Empress of Scotland at Wellington for the Middle East. They arrived at Port Tewfik on 14 May 1945. From 'CHRONOLOGY New Zealand in the War 1939-1946' compiled by Robin Kay, 1968 AWMM
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 100 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
    • McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.100 AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. 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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12 December 2022Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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