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Murray Duncan Lawson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Murray Duncan AWMM
  • Surname
    Lawson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 629145 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 July 1924 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1/07/1924 Public - Jan - Child - 19 April 2016 - Family Papers
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Postmaster's Residence, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Postmasters Residence,Onehunga,Auckland ,New Zealand Public - Jan - Child - 19 April 2016 - Family Papers
  • Post war occupation
    Accountant Public - Jan - Child - 19 April 2016 - Family Papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs M.E. Lawson (mother), PO, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • Married Public - Jan - Child - 19 April 2016 - Family Papers

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 Clerk AWMM
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  • 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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  • Husband of Joan; father of Geoffrey, Craig, Brett and Jan AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 May 2009 AWMM
    Age 84 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Mercury Bay Cemetery (Whitianga Public Cemetery), 1138 Purangi Road, Ferry Landing, Thames-Coromandel District, New Zealand AWMM RSAL-PLOT-0051 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 11 May 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. Thames Coromandel District Council.
    http://web.tcdc.govt.nz/cemeprod/cemeteries.aspx
    Sources Used
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • 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 74 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 11 May 2009 AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. 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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