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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Joseph Ronald Oliver

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New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Panel 5: Royal New Zealand Navy - Stokers Second Class Oliver - Williams, Electrical Artificers Fourth Class, Petty Officer Radio Mechanics, Leading Radio Mechanics, Ordinance Artificer Second Class, Shipwrights Fourth Class, Shipwright Fifth Class (digital photo John Halpin 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Panel 5: Royal New Zealand Navy - Stokers Second Class Oliver …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph Ronald AWMM
  • Surname
    Oliver AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ3136 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

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ3136 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Ship lost, missing, presumed killed AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • He was the son of William and Sophia Leslie Oliver, of Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 March 1942 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Java Sea, Indonesia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport Naval Base, HMNZS Philomel, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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