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Graham Henry Dawson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Graham Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Dawson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    398158 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 February 1922 AWMM Kaponga, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Kapuni Street, Kaponga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Sales representative/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Anne Dawson (mother), Kapuni Street, Kaponga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1944 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
    398158 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/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
    Renal failure AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • James Dawson (father)

    Embarked 12 January 1944 or 31 March 1944

    12 January 1944. The first section of the 11th Reinfocements of 2 NZEF and 677 men returning from furlough in New Zealand (altogether 144 officers and 3242 other ranks) embarked in Mooltan at Wellington for the Middle East.They arrived at Port Tewfik on 21 February. OR 31 March 1944. The Second Section of the 11th Reinforcements and 160 men returning from furlough in New Zealand, totalling 68 officers and 2564 other ranks, embarked in Ruys at Wellington for the Middle east. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    5 February 1997 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Horowhenua Crematorium, Levin, New Zealand AWMM
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Memorials

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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
    p.32 AWMM

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