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Cenotaph record

Ray Allan Harrison

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ray Allan AWMM
  • Surname
    Harrison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    383151 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 July 1920 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 3 March 1942 AWMM 508A Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Store supervisor (John Burns Co.)/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Frederick William Harrison (father), 508A Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 01 Jul 1942-31 December 1942 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    383151 AWMM
  • Military service
    Territorial Unit AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 3 March 1942 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Factory hand/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Cachexia of cancer AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    25 September 1997 AWMM
    Age 77 AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Marsden Valley Cemetery, Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    26 September 1997 Nelson Mail and New Zealand Herald. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.172 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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