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Royden Gillett Skeates

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Tirau District 1939 - 1945 Roll of Honour held by the Tirau Museum - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Royden Gillett AWMM
  • Surname
    Skeates AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    390018 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 April 1907 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Piarere Road, Tirau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Skeates (mother), 23 Rahiri Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, 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
    390018 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1991 AWMM
  • Date of death
    January 1991 Public - Michelle (Shelly) - Other Relative - 10 April 2015 - Personal knowledge
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Whitianga Public - Michelle (Shelly) - Other Relative - 10 April 2015 - Family papers, personal information - my mother, Margaret Clark (nee Levien) and I identified his body
  • Cause of death
    Injury Public - Michelle (Shelly) - Other Relative - 10 April 2015 - Family papers, personal knowledge.
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Roll of Honour, Tirau District 1939 - 1945, Tirau Museum, Tirau, New Zealand AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • Thank you for being you. You are remembered with so much love. From a (step) grand-daughter.
    Public - Michelle (Shelly) - Other Relative - 10 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    NZ Museums: Tirau Museum
    http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3158
    Further Reference
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 11: WW2 118 AWMM

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10 April 2015Michelle (Shelly)Gisborne, NewZealandOther Relative

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