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Cenotaph record

Maurice Arthur Caves

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maurice Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Caves AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    539015 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 August 1913 AWMM Birmingham, West Midlands AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 24 March 1942 AWMM 19 Brian Avenue, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Grocer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Renita M. Caves (wife), 19 Brian Avenue, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 October 1943 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    539015 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Woodville Army Camp AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 24 March 1942 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Grocer/Civilian AWMM
    Walton, Waikato 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Inner ear infection for which he was treated at Opotiki Hospital, Napier AWMM
    • Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of natural causes AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Died from Cerebral Heamorage AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    22 July 1958 AWMM
    Age 45 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died from Natural Causes AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • 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. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.34 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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