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Cenotaph record

John Meares

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Meares AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 38285 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 October 1916 Family source Gate Pa, Tauranga Family source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Siginhoe, Raynors Road, Huntly AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs E.M. Mears, Cameron Road, Tauranga AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 38285 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 Private hotel keeper/Civilian Nominal Roll 3
    Nominal Roll 3
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father of Paula

    Served mainly near Cairo.

    In 2009 his daughter Paul took part in a fundraising five-day trek from Mt Sinai in Egypt to the Red Sea with the Alzheimers Society Desert Trek (UK).

    Name spelt incorrectly in the official Nominal Roll as 'Mears'. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    21 June 2010 Family source
    Family source
  • 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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  • References
    • Central Leader 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
      p.325 AWMM

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