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Maurice Maui Ormsby

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Headstone, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery (Photo P. Lascelles 2007) - This image may be subject to copyright

Headstone, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery (Photo P. Lascelles 2007) - This image may be subject to …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Maurice Maui AWMM
    • "Buzz" Public - Dale - Researcher - 12 October 2017 - Officers' Book, 14th Brigade, N.Z.E.F.I.P.
  • Surname
    Ormsby AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    60193 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 December 1919 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Te Kuiti Public - Dale - Researcher - 12 October 2017 - Officers' Book, 14th Brigade, N.Z.E.F.I.P.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM PO Box 99, Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM PO Box 99, Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr R. Ormsby (father), Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr R. Ormsby (father), Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    60193 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Richard and Amy Ormsby, of Te Kuiti

    "Next day, 2 October two barge parties, the first under 2nd Lieutenant D.G. Graham moved in as far as the coral growth would allow and men attempted to swim ashore with rations. Sharks were held off with tommyguns, Japanese snipers killed Lieutenant M.M. Ormsby in the water and wounded an American sailor..." - Official History of New Zealand in the Second World war. "The Pacific" by O.A Gillespie 1952 p 135.

    "Lieutenant M.M Ormsby and Sergeant W.Q McGhie started to swim ashore with a line but Ormsby was shot dead. McGhie succeded and three men were hauled back to the barge." - "New Zealand at War" by K.R Hancock 1946 page 283.

    "On Saturday, the sixth day, a barge returned with a rescue party on board. As it grated on the coral ledge offshore an artillery barrage was laid down just outside the perimeter of the beleagured troops while the main body of troops endeavoured to force their way overland in support of the rescue.

    One of the beach party crawled and swam towards the barge. Flashes of fire came from the screening bushes as two more of the beach party slowly crossed those 300 yards. One man reached the barge and an officer (Ormsby) climbed over the side to help him in." "The 35th battalion" (UNofficial History). Anon. 1947 page 87. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    2 October 1943 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Vella Lavella, Gigo District AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM 3. 21. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 108 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 302 AWMM

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