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Rodney Thomas Rowlands

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rodney Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Rowlands AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    281892 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 4 Waterloo Crescent, Milford, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 4 Waterloo Crescent, Milford, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs F.J. Rowlands (mother), 4 Waterloo Crescent, Milford, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs F.J. Rowlands (mother), 4 Waterloo Crescent, Milford, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 12 December 1942 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 21 April 1945 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
    281892 AWMM
  • 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

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 Kath AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 November 2012 AWMM
    Milford, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    North Shore Memorial Park and Crematorium (Schnapper Rock), Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 November 2012 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Murphy, W. (1966). 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy NZETC
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Arti.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
    • 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 345 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 124 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 November 2012 AWMM

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