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Ernest James Greaves

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Photograph of Ernest Greaves. Image kindly provided by John Glover (December 2024).

Photograph of Ernest Greaves. Image kindly provided by John Glover (December 2024).

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest James AWMM
  • Surname
    Greaves AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 25/273 AWMM
    • WWII 5/7/31 AWMM
    • WWII 412426 AWMM
    • WWII NZ412426 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 December 1881 Public Source London, England Public Source
  • Date of birth
    21/12/1894 Public - John - Direct descendant - 28 May 2019 - NZDF Archives
  • Place of birth
    London Public - John - Direct descendant - 28 May 2019 - Oral discussion
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 402 Gladstone Rd, Gisborne AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mrs H. Moxey (sister), 25 Summerhill Road, Saint George, Bristol, England AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs K. Greaves (wife), 9 Rutene Rd, Gisborne AWMM
  • Relationship status
    My Grandfather Public - John - Direct descendant - 28 May 2019 - Family papers

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Did not embark overseas in the Second World War. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 February 1969 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Pop, my grandfather was born, 21/12/1894
    Public - John - Direct descendant - 6 September 2016
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28 May 2019JohnNew Zealand Direct descendant

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