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Rex William Gamble

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Funeral director's memorial at Buffalo Cemetery, Coromandel, New Zealand. No military memorial installed.

Rex William Gamble

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rex William AWMM
  • Surname
    Gamble AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 811904 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 PO Box 60, Whitianga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs G. Gamble (mother), Omahu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 July 1947 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 811904 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Ailsa: Father of Rex, Shannon, Karl, Lillian.

    Service: Coromandel RSA AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 October 2013 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Buffalo Cemetery, 49 Buffalo Road, Thames-Coromandel District AWMM RSA Section AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 19 October 2013 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Love you Grandad! Never forgotten!💙
    Public - Teresa Caroline - Direct descendant - 25 April 2020
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  • Dear Dad, I miss our Anzac day's together, it's not the same without you. I think of you with mixed emotions on this day every year. Love and miss you so much. Until we meet again ❤️
    Public - Lillian Deborah Rose - Child - 25 April 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald 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 45 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 19 October 2013 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. 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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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2020Teresa CarolineWellingtonDirect descendant
25 April 2020Lillian Deborah Rose New Plymouth, New Zealand Child
23 October 2018VitiAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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