English Māori Roland Davies Died 21 April 1945 PDF Key details Service number20289 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankCaptain/Military AWMM 18 Infantry Battalion AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel D_002. Image taken June 2020. © Auckland Museum CC BY AWMM Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesRoland AWMM SurnameDavies AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number20289 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship statusPre 1940-1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number20289 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.116 Engineer's fitter/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.116 Auckland, New Zealand 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.116 Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Second Lieutenant 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.116 Infantry Reinforcements 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.116 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture detailsWW2 Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8) WW2 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945. Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial numberWWII 108 AWMM Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankCaptain/Military AWMM 18 Infantry Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Roland Davies was the son of John Davies and of Theresa Davies (nee Lewis), of Newport, Monmouthshire, England; husband of Ona Davies, of Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death21 April 1945 AWMM Age 31 AWMM AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled on Active Service AWMM Death notes CemeteryDurnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany AWMM 3. E. 20. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAuckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Roland Davies by laying a poppy. Robert William Davies Roger Brocklchurst Davies Roland Davies Roland William Davies Ronald Charles Davies Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Roland Davies Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2009-8 Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-1993-139 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2080200 Sources Used DocumentsList of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.116 AWMM Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
