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Cenotaph record

Vincent Michael Gardiner

  • Service number
    Jayforce 821207 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Vince AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vincent Michael AWMM
  • Surname
    Gardiner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Vince AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 821207 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 Cheapside Street, West Oxford, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs M.A. Gardiner (mother), 9 St John Street, Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 821207 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Betty Elaine; father of Jenny, Maurice, Jeff, Daphne, Dave, Pam, Donna, Andy AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 April 2011 AWMM
    Age 84 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Avonhead Park Cemetery, Hawthornden Road, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: The Press, Christchurch, 6 April 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The Christchurch Press 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 45 AWMM
    • The Christchurch Press AWMM
      Death Notice: The Press, Christchurch, 6 April 2011 AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. 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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