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Dennis Patrick Larmer

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K Force, S.S. Ormonde Christmas Day 1950 menu, signed (front). (Collection of Dennis P. Larmer) - This image may be subject to copyright

K Force, S.S. Ormonde Christmas Day 1950 menu, signed (front). (Collection of Dennis P. Larmer) - Th …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Dennis Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Larmer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Korea 206181 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 December 1925 AWMM Inglewood, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 29 August 1950 AWMM James Street, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Hardware manager/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Catherine Larmer (mother), 41 James Street, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 December 1950 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Korean War, 1950-1953 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Korea 206181 AWMM
  • Military service
    Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Harewood (1945) AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Korea 29 August 1950 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Salesman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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, Korea AWMM
      Gunshot wound to left heel, 13 January 1951. AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, Korea AWMM
      Admitted to American 3 General Hospital, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) 29 General Hospital, Kure, Japan, and Wellington Hospital, New Zealand. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Dennis Patrick Larmer was the son of John Larmer (1867-1941) and Catherine Larmer ( née Donohoe, 1882-1964) of Inglewood, Taranaki. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 November 1982 AWMM
    Age 57 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikaraka Cemetery, 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Plot 98-C-6 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand in the Korean War. NZHistory online.
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
    Further Reference
  • References
    • K-Force nominal roll : embarked for Korea on 'Ormonde' on 10 December 1950 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 10 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1943 to 31st March, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 10 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1943 to 31st March, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      McGibbon, I.C. (1992-1996). p. 68, 406. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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