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Roy Rua Herata

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roy Rua AWMM
  • Surname
    Herata AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 821191 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • 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 Hay's Private Hotel, Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs P. Herata (sister), Holmes Hotel, Manchester Street, Christchurch, 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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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Labourer/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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About 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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  • Uncle Roy ,another Anzac Day. Remembered for your contribution to the Anzacs
    Public - Barbara - Other relative - 26 April 2017
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  • Hi Uncle Roy.did not know you very well. RIP. You served your country well.
    Public - Barbara - Other relative - 25 April 2016
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Sources

Sources

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    Born on the Chatham Islands and then lived in the North Island.He is my Uncle.
    Peter Ruas brother. Public - Barbara Louise - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - Part of my Family
  • 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 58 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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 April 2017BarbaraChristchurch.8083Other relative
25 April 2015Barbara LouiseChristchurch.8083Other Relative

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