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John Henry Roy Carey

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Henry Roy AWMM
  • Surname
    Carey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ414242 AWMM
    • WWII 414242 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Westport, Buller District AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Ivy Carey (mother), Burchfield, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. T. Carey of Birchfield AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Electric welder/Civilian 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Thomas Carey and of Ivy Carey (nee Dimmick), of Westport

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

    Attended Granity District High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    30 May 1943 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Aachen, Germany AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany AWMM 6. A. 11. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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01 December 2022AntonioHastings DistrictResearcher

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