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Robert Buckland

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Robert Buckland - This image may be subject to copyright

Robert Buckland - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Buckland AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Snow AWMM
  • Service number
    43573 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 October 1918 AWMM Petone, Wellington AWMM
    Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 22 April 1941 AWMM 58 Cuba Street, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Manager/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Buckland, 58 Cuba Street, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 26 May 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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  • Military training
    Army School, Fiji AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 22 April 1941 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Salesman/Civilian AWMM
    Petone, Wellington 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Suffered injury to left hand and was treated at 3rd General Hospital AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Tauranga RSA. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • 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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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.47 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.54 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM

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