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Richard Secombe Grant

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Secombe AWMM
  • Surname
    Grant AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    3519 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 November 1911 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 37 Colombo Street, Frankton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Dittmer (mother), Koromatua Road, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    3519 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM

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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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • To a fab Uncle to my dad and as kids growing up it was just wonderful coming to your place in Hamilton down by the Waikato river and aunties beautiful rose gardens
    i am now passing on all your information to my son Danny and his 2 children Amylee and Alex to share hopefully can keep the family history going
    love ya lots and thank you for the service you did for us all.
    Public - cheryl - Direct descendant - 1 April 2022
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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 1: WW2 69 AWMM

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01 April 2022cheryl Tauranga nzDirect descendant

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