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Desmond Bavister

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Desmond AWMM
  • Surname
    Bavister AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    346768 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Desmond Bavister was the son of Tom and Elsie Bavister and the brother of Graham Bavister. AWMM
    • Husband to Margaret Ann Bavister father to Belinda Ann Bavister oldest daughter and Jodi Louise Bavister youngest daughter Public - Jodi Louise - Child - 17 January 2021 - Immediate family

Death

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  • Death
    12 December 2006 AWMM
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  • Date of death
    12 December 2006 Public - Jodi Louise - Child - 17 January 2021 - Immediate family
  • Age at death
    69 Public - Jodi Louise - Child - 17 January 2021 - Immediate family
  • Place of death
    Papatoetoe Private Hospital Public - Jodi Louise - Child - 17 January 2021 - Immediate family
  • Cause of death
    Bowel Cancer Public - Jodi Louise - Child - 17 January 2021 - Immediate family
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 December 2006 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 December 2006 AWMM

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17 January 2021Jodi LouiseAucklandChild

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