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Norman Evan Pollard

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Mount Eden Methodist Church exterior, 426 Dominion Road, Mount Eden Auckland 1024. Image provided by John Halpin 2015, CC BY John Halpin 2015

Mount Eden Methodist Church exterior, 426 Dominion Road, Mount Eden Auckland 1024. Image provided by …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman Evan AWMM
  • Surname
    Pollard AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Norm AWMM
  • Service number
    • 34441 AWMM
    • NZD3614 AWMM
    • WWII NZD3614 AWMM
    • WWII NZD3614 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 394 Mount Eden Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Lucy Millicent Pollard (mother), 394 Mount Eden Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Foreman joiner/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Norman Pollard was the son of Herbert and Lucy Pollard

    Husband of Joan; father of Janie and Kim

    Served in HMS Victorious, as Captain of Personnel Landing Craft and as Squadron Navigator at the Walcheren attack resulting in the German Navy surrender in 1945.

    Justice of the Peace

    Knight Commander First Class, White Rose of Finland AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    18 September 2010 AWMM
    Age 90 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 September 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald 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
      WW2 3: WW2 381 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 September 2010 AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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