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James Trevor Donovan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Trevor AWMM
  • Surname
    Donovan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    22770 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 123 Vuaxhall Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs G. A. Donovan (wife), 1228 Great North Road, Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    22770 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
    WW2
    25 Apr 1941-1943 AWMM
    Greece AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 1943 AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Escaped from POW 2 December 1941, helped with Yugoslav Partisans. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hamilton Park Cemetery, 395 Morrinsville Road, Newstead, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM Ashes RSA-01-098 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Hamilton City Council cemetery search
    http://www.hamilton.co.nz/our-services/do-it-online/cemetery-search/Pages/default.aspx
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 53 AWMM

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