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James Michael Moffitt

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Michael AWMM
  • Surname
    Moffitt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    48797 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 May 1906 AWMM Invercargill, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 16 October 1941 AWMM 1 Forbury Crescent, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Lindsay Moffitt (wife), Tapuni, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 December 1942 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 1 child AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 16 October 1941 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
    Dunedin, Otago 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 8.5 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fresh AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      dark AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attested 16 October 1941

    Promoted Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 1 October 1943

    First appointment to Commission rank 11 April 1945

    Gazetted, rank of 2nd Lieutenant effective from 15 August 1946 (New Zealand Gazette. No 60, 29 August 1946, p 1199)

    Photograph held on Service Record AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    20 July 1980 AWMM
    Alexandra, Otago AWMM
  • 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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    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 279 AWMM

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