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Cenotaph record

Ross Charles Sayers

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ross Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Sayers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ41943 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 July 1918 AWMM Mount Eden, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Arthur Denton Sayers (father), Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 12 August 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Ground Training School (Levin) AWMM
    • Flying training at Woodbourne, Blenheim AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1941 AWMM Journalist/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Vessel was Awatea AWMM

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 March 2004 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    New Zealand Herald 27-28 March 2004, page A27 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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