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Samuel Douglas McLean Smith

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel Douglas McLean AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Douglas AWMM
  • Service number
    245154 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 10 Rangitane Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Unknown AWMM 10 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr K. G. Smith (father), Onslow Park, Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Mr G. Smith (father), Pahiatua, Rural Delivery, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Husband of Beryl

    Ex-Chief of Police, Gilbert and Ellice Islands

    Worked for New Zealand Broadcasting Service

    Public Relations Manager for New Zealand Forest Products AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    31 January 2010 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Norwich, Norfolk AWMM
  • 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, 25 February 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 91 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 124 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
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 February 2010 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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