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Oakley Edward James Ferguson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Oakley Edward James AWMM
  • Surname
    Ferguson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 293312 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 293312 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 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.61 Junior lifter, N.Z.R./Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.61
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.61
  • 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Oakley Ferguson was the son of Edward James Ferguson and Ivy Maud Ferguson, of Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Betty May Ferguson, of Mount Albert, Auckland. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 April 1944 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM X. C. 12. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • I was at your wedding at St Benedicts catholic church Symonds street .I was only 3 years old and have a photo taken outside Church with My Mother and Aunty Clare and my Nanna and Grandpa Hickey. I always lay poppies for you on Anzac Day Rest peacefully with all your lovely Family. Your dad Eddie was my Mum's first cousin so you were her second and my third. Love and God Bless, Heather Richards Nee Salter and my Mum was Kathleen Joan Salter Nee Hickey.
    Public - Heather joan - Other relative - 2 June 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2409606
    Sources Used
  • 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.61 AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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02 June 2022Heather joan AucklandOther relative
04 February 2022Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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