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Geoffrey Vivien Groves

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Geoff Groves

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Geoffrey Vivien AWMM
  • Surname
    Groves AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Geoff AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ422943 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Edna; father of David, Chris, Suzanne. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 June 2009 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 17 June 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Loving Father and Husband. Gone but not Forgotten. Dearly Missed
    Public - Chris - Child - 24 April 2020
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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (2008). Vol. 3. p. 604 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 17 June 2009 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM

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26 April 2023ChristopherAucklandChild
24 April 2020ChrisAucklandSibling

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