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Rodney Wallace Smith

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rodney Wallace AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    45842 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 October 1913 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Bank of New Zealand, Mangaweka, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.P. Smith (wife), 36 Balmoral Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Lt R. W. Smith, MC; Auckland; born Auckland, 25 Oct 1913; bank officer. (Source: Cody, J.F. 21 Battalion. p.412.) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    • 1975 AWMM
      New Zealand AWMM
    • 11 May 1975 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 116 AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
      pp.412, 413, 414. AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM

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