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Stanley Morphena Rule

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Portrait, Warrant Officer Rule - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 August 1924 AWMM Tuahiwi, Canterbury AWMM
    Tuahiwi North Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 11 February 1944 AWMM 281 Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Pre 6 March 1945 AWMM 35 Grafton Street, Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Christchurch City Council Waterworks Superintendent/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs J. Wade (sister), 8 Whitehaven Road, St Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Mrs J. Wade (sister), 8 Whitehaven Road, St Heliers, 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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  • 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
    Heart attack AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Mr Rule first enlisted in the RNZAF on 11 February 1944 (NZ 44844) and then transferred to the Army on 6 March 1945 (824386).

    He then served in Noumea with 29 Works Company. While in the Pacific his family believe he served in New Guinea and was also involved in collecting the remains of personnel around the Islands and returning them to be interred in the new Cemetery at New Caledonia (in which he was also involved in building). On returning to New Zealand on board Tagua on 19 July 1946 he again embarked, this time for Japan as part of the J Force on 15 July 1947.

    Mr Rule was awarded the Queens Service Medal (QSM) in 1992 for service to the community and for setting up the Sumner Redcliffs Historical Society and Museum in 1979. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    6 April 1994 AWMM
    Age 69 AWMM
    Redcliffs, Christchurch AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM Ashes scattered at sea AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 7-9 April 1994 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Unpublished papers: family papers AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 124 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 115 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 7-9 April 1994 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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