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Vida Eliza Jowett

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Lieutenant Colonel Vida Jowett inspecting Women's Army Auxiliary Corps service personnel, c.1940-1945. 1/4-020866-G, Alexander Turnbull Library. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Lieutenant Colonel Vida Jowett inspecting Women's Army Auxiliary Corps service personnel, c.1940-194 …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vida Eliza AWMM
  • Surname
    Jowett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Berry AWMM
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 February 1893 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Chief Commander of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during the Second World War.

    Married to Harold Jowett. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 June 1982 AWMM
    Patea, Taranaki AWMM
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  • Age at death
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Patea Cemetery, Scotland Street, Patea, South Taranaki District, New Zealand AWMM RSA Plot 4934 (old plot id 57) AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: Daily News (New Plymouth). 2 June 1982, p. 7 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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