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Donald Raymond Smart

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald Raymond AWMM
  • Surname
    Smart AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    624614 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 April 1924 AWMM Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
    Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 May 1942 AWMM 19 Massey Street, Westown, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A. Smart (mother), 19 Massey Street, Westown, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 29 September 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Central District Signals HQ Wellington AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 May 1942 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki 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
    Admitted to 100 British General Hospital, Florence Italy AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About 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
    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
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.90 AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245) AWMM
      p.137 AWMM

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