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Daylion Bell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    MR Public - Tania - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Military Personal File, Family
  • Forenames
    • Daylion AWMM
    • Tapaka Public - Te Ara - Other relative - 10 April 2019 - Family knowledge
  • Surname
    Bell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Dale Public - Tania - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Family
  • Service number
    Jayforce 816798 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    • Church of England Public - Tania - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Military Personnal file
    • RATANA CHURCH Public - Maria - Direct descendant - 26 May 2023 - My Koro told me and he wore the Ratana pendant

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Unknown AWMM Freezing Works, Longburn, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs D. Bell (sister), Pipiriki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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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

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 10 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 May 2023MariaWarnbroDirect descendant
10 April 2019Te AraTaumarunuiOther relative
25 April 2015TaniaBay of PlentyOther Relative

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