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Roy John Newland

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roy John AWMM
  • Surname
    Newland AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    24689 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 Waverley, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J.G. Newland (father), Waverley, Taranaki, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    24689 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John George and Maude Mary Newland, of Waverley.

    Educated at Feilding Agricultural High School.

    Two sons, brothers Roy John Newland (24689) and George Kitchener Newland (83009) were killed in WW2. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 14. B. 7. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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