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Cenotaph record

Joy Beryl Melville

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Portrait, Joy Beryl Melville in uniform - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Joy Beryl Melville in uniform - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joy Beryl AWMM
  • Surname
    Melville AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    72048 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 December 1916 AWMM Takapuna, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 15 December 1941 AWMM 20 Sanders Avenue, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.L. Melville (mother), 20 Sanders Avenue, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 22 December 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    72048 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 15 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Stenographer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    WW2 1945 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the servicewoman in 1999 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 June 2001 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Northcote, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, June 2001 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald 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 24 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, June 2001 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.24 AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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