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Raymond John Townsend

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Raymond John AWMM
  • Surname
    Townsend AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jack Public - Catherine - Direct descendant - 21 April 2016 - Family
  • Service number
    12868 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Catherine - Direct descendant - 21 April 2016 - Family

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    19 February 1917 Public - Catherine - Direct descendant - 21 April 2016 - Family Papers
  • Place of birth
    Timaru Public - Catherine - Direct descendant - 21 April 2016 - Family Papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 2 Rother St., Oamaru AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 2 Rother St., Oamaru AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. Edward Walter Townsend, 28 Hassall St., Timaru (father) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. M. Townsend, c/o Mrs. T.K. Drummond, Inangahua Junc. (w) AWMM
    • Father - Edward Walter Townsend Public - Catherine - Direct descendant - 21 April 2016 - Family Papers
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Campaign in Greece, North African Campaign, Italian Campaign Public - Catherine - Direct descendant - 21 April 2016 - Family Papers
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    12868 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
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Stock Agent Public - Catherine - Direct descendant - 21 April 2016 - Family Papers
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of May; father of Hugh, Anne, Raewyn, Catherine, Jillian. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 January 2007 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 5 January 2007 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 479 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 5 January 2007 AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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21 April 2016CatherineAucklandDirect descendant

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