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Roy William Buckley

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Headstone of L/Cpl Roy William BUCKLEY 42162. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 1A, Plot 331. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of L/Cpl Roy William BUCKLEY 42162. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 1A …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roy William AWMM
  • Surname
    Buckley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    42162 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
    Unknown AWMM 83 Queen street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Buckley (mother), 7 Sheen Street, Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    42162 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 Taxi Driver/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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Tui; father of Wendy, Margaret. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 24 November 2008 AWMM
      Age 91 AWMM
      Dunedin, Otago AWMM
    • 24 November 2008 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 91 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Cremated AWMM
    • Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 1A, Plot 331 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 November 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 48 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 November 2008 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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