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Ian Barry Roderique

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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 August 1914 AWMM Bluff, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 11 November 1940 AWMM Abbot Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Marion Roderique (wife), Abbot Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 7 April 1941 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    42242 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ian Roderique was the son of Thomas and Minnie Roderique, of Bluff; husband of Marion Florence Roderique of Devonport, Auckland

    Ian was killed in action in the battle of Bel Hamed; in the same battle and the same day as his brother John R. Roderique (8457) was seriously wounded.

    Died aged 27 years 3 months

    Family record his NOK address as Devonport, Auckland the Nominal Roll records this address as Abbot Street, Invercargill AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Bel Hamed, Libya AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. E. 2. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Southland Times AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Bluff Memorial Grove AWMM
    • Bluff War Memorial AWMM
    • Invercargill Cenotaph, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2383026
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Correspondence with family AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 304 AWMM
    • Southland Times AWMM
      Southland Times AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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