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Herbert Thomas Sylvester Smith

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herbert Thomas Sylvester AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Herb AWMM
  • Service number
    • Jayforce 451529 AWMM
    • Jayforce 636773 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 October 1924 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Old North Road, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs M.E. Smith (mother), Old North Road, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 30 July 1946 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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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  • RNZAF service details unknown AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    9 August 2012 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    Epsom, Auckland 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, 11 August 2012 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-22Ba-f6.html
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald 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 123 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 11 August 2012 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 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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