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John Lewis Dore

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Commemorative plaque, Cornwall Rugby Club, John (Jack) Dore. (photograph: G.A. Fortune, 2008) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Commemorative plaque, Cornwall Rugby Club, John (Jack) Dore. (photograph: G.A. Fortune, 2008) - Imag …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Lewis AWMM
  • Surname
    Dore AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jack AWMM
  • Service number
    29287 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
    Unknown AWMM 15 Rangiatea Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L.J. Dore (mother), 15 Rangiatea Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    29287 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM
    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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Jack Dore served with the 24 Battalion during the war and in the post war period was a captain of the senior team of the Cornwall Rugby Club. He is credited with having promoted the club's interests and steering it back to the forefront of rugby in Auckland.

    A commemorative plaque was erected by the Cornwall Rugby Club and the 24 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association. It is now in the Rugby Club rooms, Puriri Drive, Epsom, Auckland. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    9 March 1969 AWMM
    Age 50 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Otahuhu Public Cemetery, Atkinson Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area N Lot No 33 AWMM
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Memorial Plaque, Cornwall Rugby Club, Puriri Drive, Epsom, Auckland AWMM

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Sources

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  • Documents
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 61 AWMM
    • Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia. AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
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