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Douglas William Bai

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas William AWMM
  • Surname
    Bai AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    445360 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 March 1923 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    15th March 1923 Public - Rhonda Mary Bai - Other relative - 2 March 2019 - I know his date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 10 Clarence Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K.M. Bai (mother), 10 Clarence Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 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
    Unknown AWMM Radio factory hand/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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Lynn; father of Julian, David AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    30 October 2004 AWMM
    Age 81 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wainui Cemetery, 26 Cemetery Rd, Wainui, Rodney District AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, November 2004 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
    Sources Used
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald 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
      WW2 15: WW2 9 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, November 2004 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245) AWMM
      p.117 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 March 2019Rhonda Mary BaiMangereOther relative

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