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Roy Wlliam Leonard Dean

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roy Wlliam Leonard AWMM
  • Surname
    Dean AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Len AWMM
    • Dixie AWMM
  • Service number
    68451 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 23 Sandringham Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 23 Sandringham Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 23 Sandringham Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs L. Dean (mother), 23 Sandringham Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs L. Dean (mother), 23 Sandringham Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs L. Dean (mother), 23 Sandringham Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    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
    68451 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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 Win

    Known as Len AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 June 2012 AWMM
    Age 92 AWMM
    Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 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, 21 June 2012 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • To my darling Poppa, not a day goes by without you in my thoughts. However, today ANZAC 2015, I remember the sacrifices you made for our country. May you continue to rest in peace.
    Public - Michelle - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 40 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 104 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 39 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 21 June 2012 AWMM

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25 April 2015MichelleAucklandOther Relative

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