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Roy Bernard Spice

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roy Bernard AWMM
  • Surname
    Spice AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    267826 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
    Unknown AWMM Te Puninga, RD, Tatuanui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs G.M. Spice (mother), Studholme Street, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single 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
    267826 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Roy Spice was the son of Joseph Henry and Gertrude Mary Spice, of Morrinsville, New Zealand. AWMM
    • Roy Spice was my Mother's Brother. He was a cousin to George Albert Spice SN 25384 Public - Annette May - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - My Mother Gertrude May Spice was a daughter of Joseph Henry and Gertrude Mary spice. Both men are honoured on the memorial gates at Te Puninga on Horrell's Road just off Highway 27.
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Death

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  • Death
    21 March 1944 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. B. 3. 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

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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/2612967
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 11: WW2 121 AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 March 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
24 April 2015Annette MayPalmerston North NZOther Relative

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