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Richard James Lancelot Toomer

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard James Lancelot AWMM
  • Surname
    Toomer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    623557 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
    Mrs A. Toomer (mother), 27 Wood Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    623557 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Doreen, father of Christine, Richard, Pauline AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 February 2006 AWMM
    Warkworth, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice : New Zealand Herald, February 2006 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Rest in peace Uncle Dick <3
    Such a kind hearted man with a big smile and a wonderful laugh.
    Missed by all but reunited now with his love, Aunty Doreen.

    Much love,
    Deb and Tracy, Mark and Dianne's girls xx
    Public - Deb - Other relative - 7 January 2023
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 143 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice : New Zealand Herald, February 2006 AWMM

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07 January 2023DebWellingtonOther relative

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