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Richard John Hert

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard John AWMM
  • Surname
    Hert AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    E. Tie Hert AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 827559 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 February 1929 AWMM Sydney, New South Wales AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 5 March 1947 AWMM 6 Ferner Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Carrier/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Patricia Dolores Nielson (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 July 1947 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    1946-1948 British Commonwealth Occupational Force, Japan AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 827559 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Army School, Trentham AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 5 March 1947 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Engineering Apprentice/Civilian 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      6 foot AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      13 stone 7 pounds AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Admitted 6 New Zealand General Hospital, Kiwa AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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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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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.58 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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