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Cyril Alfred Wakefield Oliver

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Alfred Wakefield AWMM
  • Surname
    Oliver AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 635630 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 Te Poi R.D., Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs A.E. Oliver (mother),Te Poi R.D., Matamata, Waikato, 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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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Beverley AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 December 2012 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty 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, 7 December 2012 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • You are in our hearts always. Every ANZAC service we carry you with us, Love Lili and Rach
    Public - rachel joy - Direct descendant - 16 April 2017
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Sources

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  • External links
    Pointer, M. (2008). 2NZEF (Japan): New Zealand's involvement in the occupation of Japan.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150227213133/http://www.nzembassy.com/japan/relationship-between-new-zealand-and-japan/new-zealand-and-japan/commonwealth-war-cemetery-an-2
    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
    • 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 100 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 7 December 2012 AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. 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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21 March 2023LynnWhangareiResearcher
16 April 2017rachel joyaucklandDirect descendant

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