Identity
Title
Forenames
John Lewis AWMM
Surname
Dore AWMM
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Jack AWMM
Service number
29287 AWMM
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Address before enlistment
Unknown AWMM 15 Rangiatea Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
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Mrs L.J. Dore (mother), 15 Rangiatea Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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Biographical information
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
Death
9 March 1969 AWMM
Age 50 AWMM
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Otahuhu Public Cemetery, Atkinson Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area N Lot No 33 AWMM
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Memorial Plaque, Cornwall Rugby Club, Puriri Drive, Epsom, Auckland AWMM
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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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