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Early NZ HistoryLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name
1935/5164Wilhelmina Maria Ann Anderson Lester Melbourne Grooby Order Product
1935/5164 Wilhelmina Maria Ann Anderson Lester Melbourne Grooby
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Lester Melbourne Grooby

 509521 World War II, 1939-1945 Married/WWII Mrs. W.M.A. Grooby, 157 Rutherford St., Nelson (w) Storeman/Civilian Sergeant War Medal 1939-1945 New Zealand War Service Medal
WWII Military Draft ListsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryGrooby, Lester Melbourne        🔍 ASH
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Whanganui Council Property RollsGrooby, Lester Melbourne        🔍 ASH
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Search URL: https://archway.howison.co.nz/ajax/simple.php?search=%22lester+melbourne%22+grooby&simple_view=1

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Nelson High Court  >  Annual single number probated case files

Name Scan Year(s) Held At Access
Grooby, Lester Melbourne Grooby, Lester Melbourne📃 View Scan 1975 Wellington Open
Grooby, Lester Melbourne Grooby, Lester Melbourne📃 View Scan 1975 Wellington Open

Justice Department  >  Coroners Inquests, case files

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Coroners Inquests - Case Files - Nelson - Grooby, Lester Melbourne - Microfilm only [Use copy Micro T 5010] Coroners Inquests - Case Files - Nelson - Grooby, Lester Melbourne - Microfilm only [Use copy Micro T 5010]📃 View Scan 1975 Wellington Restricted
Coroners Inquests - Case Files - Nelson - Grooby, Lester Melbourne - Microfilm only [Use copy Micro T 5010] Coroners Inquests - Case Files - Nelson - Grooby, Lester Melbourne - Microfilm only [Use copy Micro T 5010]📃 View Scan 1975 Wellington Restricted
Intention to Marry ProjectLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Transcriptions NZLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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NZ Births
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

Source: Kiwi Collection copyright The New Zealand Society of Genealogists / with the kind permission of the NZSG

Name Date Record Type
GROOBY, Lester Melbourne 🔍 1975 NZ Probates
GROOBY, Lester Melbourne 🔍 26 Feb 1975 NZ Probates
GROOBY, Lester Melbourne 🔍 Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1975/34225Grooby Lester Melbourne 29 August 1906  🔍NZ68 yearsOrder Product
1975/34225 Grooby Lester Melbourne 29 August 1906  🔍NZ 68 years
The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Tinui HistoryLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Masterton Anglican HistoryLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

Embarkation nominal rolls of Army troops who served overseas in WWII. They are not exhaustive and generally do not include Navy and Air Force servicemembers.

Source: Auckland Museum / CC BY 4.0

Name Army No. Vol. Rank Unit Single? Enlisted at Occupation Last NZ Address Next of Kin
🌳 Lester Melbourne Grooby 509521 15 Sergeant Base Headquarters Married Nelson Storeman 110 Bridge St., Nelson Mrs. W.M.A. Grooby, 157 Rutherford St., Nelson (w)
🌳 Lester Melbourne Grooby 509521 15 Sergeant Base Headquarters Married Nelson Storeman 110 Bridge St., Nelson Mrs. W.M.A. Grooby, 157 Rutherford St., Nelson (w)
Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveLester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Name Born Died Cemetery Region
Lester Melbourne Grooby 29 Aug 1906 🔍 2 Feb 1975 🔍 📰 Marsden Valley Cemetery Nelson
Lester Melbourne Grooby 29 Aug 1906 🔍 2 Feb 1975 🔍 📰 Marsden Valley Cemetery Nelson
Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)Lester Melbourne Grooby        🔍 ASH
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