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Cenotaph record

John Lawrence Ray

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Lawrence AWMM
  • Surname
    Ray AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Korea 203567 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 July 1929 AWMM Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
    Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 27 July 1950 AWMM Freemans Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Accountant/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs T.A. Ray (mother), Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 December 1950 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    High School AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Korea 27 July 1950 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
  • 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, Korea AWMM
    Twisted spine following a fall. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Returned to New Zealand on 31 December 1954 (4 years to the day since landing in Korea).

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2003

    Second in Command at Hiro, Japan 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

Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand in the Korean War. New Zealand History online
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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