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Arthur Wallace Davey

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Portrait, Arthur Wallace Davey - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Wallace AWMM
  • Surname
    Davey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    27372 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 July 1918 AWMM New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 24 June 1940 AWMM 11 Godley Street, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Clerk for NZ Railways/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr F.J. Davey (father), Kakahi, Taumarunui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 August 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    27372 AWMM
  • Military service
    Territorials for 4 years AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Hopu Hopu Military Camp AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 24 June 1940 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
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  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • The nominal roll shows Mr Davey's rank on embarkation as Sapper.

    He returned to New Zealand on Nieuw Amsterdam. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1995 AWMM
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  • 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

Sources

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  • External links
    Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
    https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 3: WW2 114 AWMM

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