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Royce Greenlees

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Ronald was the son of Mr D G and Mrs Eunice Gordon (Nee Claris) . He was educated at Fielding Agricultural College. He married Helen Louisa Collier at Taihape and they had three children: Angus W Gordon 6 May 1964, Douglas S R Gordon 21 April 1966 and John M Gordon 26 July 1968. - This image may be subject to copyright

Ronald was the son of Mr D G and Mrs Eunice Gordon (Nee Claris) . He was educated at Fielding Agricu …

Identity

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  • Title
    Photo and caption Public - Rodney - Child - 26 April 2022 - The caption does not match the rest of his profile. he was my Uncle, my Mother's Brother.
  • Forenames
    Royce AWMM
  • Surname
    Greenlees AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    43946 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 April 1913 AWMM Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
    Taihape, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 24 April 1905 AWMM C/o A.H. McGinness, Taihape, Rangitikei District, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J. Greenlees (father), Taihape, Rangitikei District, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW2 5 September 1943 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Royce Greenlees was the son of James and [Christian name unknown] Greenlees (Nee Wadman). He married Vera Rangiwhi at Taihape.

    He was educated at Taihape. AWMM

Death

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Memorials

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Sources

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    • 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
      WW2 4: WW2 137 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Taihape Museum AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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