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Cenotaph record

Harold Gray Dawson

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RSA Plaque, Clevedon (formerly St Andrews) Presbyterian Cemetery, (photo J. Halpin 2011) - This image may be subject to copyright

RSA Plaque, Clevedon (formerly St Andrews) Presbyterian Cemetery, (photo J. Halpin 2011) - This imag …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Gray AWMM
  • Surname
    Dawson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Harry AWMM
  • Service number
    575935 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 Great South Road, Manurewa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Janet Dawson (wife), Great South Road, Manurewa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    575935 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
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Butcher/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Janet (Nita) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 September 2001 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Clevedon (formerly St Andrews) Presbyterian Cemetery, 3 Papakura-Clevedon Road, Clevedon, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
    https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 10 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1943 to 31st March, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 10: WW2 22 AWMM

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