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Leo Adolphus Kermode

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Photo was taken at Gisborne on 3 May 1941

Captain Leo Kermode 1941

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leo Adolphus AWMM
  • Surname
    • Kermode AWMM
    • N.Z.S.C. Public - Dale - Researcher - 12 October 2017 - Officers' Book, 14th Brigade, N.Z.E.F.I.P.
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 68407 AWMM
    • Vietnam 30058 AWMM
    • Malaya 30058 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 June 1919 AWMM Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM c/- Army Headquarters, Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs B. M. Kermode (wife), c/- Mrs W Bignell, 314 Stout Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 2 January 1942 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
    18 Public - Terry - Other Relative - 17 June 2015 - Family papers ("My Life" by LA Kermode)

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Beulah (deceased); father of Anne, Judith, Gillian, Service; Waikanae

    Commander of the New Zealand Army Force in South-East Asia, 1964-1966. First flight into Vietnam was 29 June 1964 with advance party of NEWZAD and Lt Col WCT Foley to establish HQ V Force. He spent 8 days in Saigon and area with US and Vietnamese staff setting up logistic and support arrangements. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    30 July 2013 AWMM
    Age 94 AWMM
    Waikanae, Wellington Region 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, 1 August 2013 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • 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. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 78 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 11: WW2 71 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 52 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 70 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 1 August 2013 AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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02 December 2020TerryUpper HuttOther relative
10 November 2017DaleAucklandResearcher

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