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Early NZ HistoryRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Tributes Online (obituaries)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Otago Nominal Index
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Whanganui Council Property RollsDonovan, Roderick        🔍 ASH
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Shadows of TimeRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Auckland Museum Online CenotaphRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Philip Roderick Donovan

 NZ404167 World War II, 1939-1945 Husband of Joan; father of Michael, Kerry, Linda, Paul, Moira 05 Jan 1919 Flying Officer (Wireless Operator)/Military War Medal 1939-1945 New Zealand War Service Medal 19 Nov 2009 Cremated
Alexander Turnbull LibraryDonovan, Roderick        🔍 ASH
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WWII Military Draft ListsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

From 1940-45, men aged 18-46 were selected by ballot for potential service with the Armed Forces under New Zealand's wartime conscription. Twenty-four ballot lists were published in the NZ Gazette.

NOTE: Being listed in a ballot did not necessarily mean the person served in the military. Some had already volunteered, others were found medically unfit, granted deferment or exemption on appeal, or were never called up for active service. These records document those selected for possible service, not confirmed service personnel.

Source: Indexed by Luke Howison from 24 NZ Gazette ballot lists, provided by NZLII

Registration No Surname Forenames Occupation Address Military District Gazette Ref Page No PDF Link
229088 Donovan Philip Roderick Post and Telegraph Employee care of Post-office, Paraparaumu Wellington Vol 110, 6 Nov 1940 2941 View Page
229088 Donovan Philip Roderick Post and Telegraph Employee care of Post-office, Paraparaumu Wellington Vol 110, 6 Nov 1940 2941 View Page
Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1860/7876Donovan Roderick MaryJames-Order Product
1860/7876 Donovan Roderick Mary James
Transcriptions NZRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Archives NZRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Rotorua High Court  >  Rotorua Land Valuation Proceedings files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Land valuation - Terrence Roderick Donovan and Ngaire Donovan to Noel Goldsbro Wakelin and Joyce Annette Wakelin 1983 Auckland Restricted
Land valuation - Terrence Roderick Donovan and Ngaire Donovan to Thomas Graham Watson and Vivienne Marjorie Watson 1984 Auckland Restricted
Land valuation - Terrence Roderick Donovan and Ngaire Donovan to Noel Goldsbro Wakelin and Joyce Annette Wakelin 1983 Auckland Restricted
Land valuation - Terrence Roderick Donovan and Ngaire Donovan to Thomas Graham Watson and Vivienne Marjorie Watson 1984 Auckland Restricted

Department of Social Welfare, Corporate Office  >  Former servicemen's rehabilitation files

Name Year(s) Held At Access
Donovan, Philip Roderick 1945 ‑ 1959 Wellington Restricted
Donovan, Philip Roderick 1945 ‑ 1959 Wellington Restricted

Department for Courts, Auckland High Court  >  Auckland probates

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DONOVAN Roderick joseph Ralph - Morienval, France - Journalist 1993 Auckland Open
DONOVAN Roderick joseph Ralph - Morienval, France - Journalist 1993 Auckland Open
Intention to Marry ProjectRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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NZ War GravesRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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

Name Date Record Type
DONOVAN, Philip Roderick 🔍 19 Nov 2009 Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph
DONOVAN, Philip Roderick (Phil) 🔍 21 Nov 2009 NZ Herald Deaths
Tinui HistoryRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Anglican HistoryRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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New Zealand Gazette IndexRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Source: 1840-2017 New Zealand Gazette (and related periodicals) indexed from various public sources, including VUW, NZLII, gazette.govt.nz, WCC Libraries and Papers Past. Usage/copyright varies: Public domain / Crown copyright / fair use / CC-BY 3.0 NZ

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...0 6121 Ditto 4604 20 0 0 6123 Donovan, R. 4628 30 0 0 6124 Manson, S. ... 🗺️ Schedule of Crown Grants ready for issue 15 February 1865 Canterbury Provincial Gazette PDF VUW
..., James, Amberley 140 ... 140 Donovan, R., S. Moeraki Downs 225 ... 22... 🌾 Conclusion of Report on Sheep Flocks and Return of Sheep Depasturing in Canterbury District, 1878 1879 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
..., John, Bennett's ... 810 450 Donovan, R., Bennett's ... 290 270 Doody... 🌾 Return of Sheep and Lamb Counts 1888 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...mann, John, Bennett's 450 599 Donovan, R., Bennett's 270 400 Douds, Jo... 🌾 Return of Sheepowners and Stock Numbers for Canterbury-Kaikoura Counties, 1888-1889 (Cont.) 5 December 1889 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...mann, John, Bennett's 450 599 Donovan, R., Bennett's 270 400 Douds, Jo... 🌾 Return of Sheepowners and Stock Numbers for Canterbury-Kaikoura Counties, 1888-1889 5 December 1889 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...nn, John, Bennett's … 599 656 Donovan, R., Bennett's … 400 380 Douds, ... 🌾 Sheep Numbers in Canterbury-Kaikoura District 1890 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...0 6121 Ditto 4604 20 0 0 6123 Donovan, R. 4628 30 0 0 6124 Manson, S. ... 🗺️ Schedule of Crown Grants ready for issue 15 February 1865 Canterbury Provincial Gazette PDF VUW
..., James, Amberley 140 ... 140 Donovan, R., S. Moeraki Downs 225 ... 22... 🌾 Conclusion of Report on Sheep Flocks and Return of Sheep Depasturing in Canterbury District, 1878 1879 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
..., John, Bennett's ... 810 450 Donovan, R., Bennett's ... 290 270 Doody... 🌾 Return of Sheep and Lamb Counts 1888 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...mann, John, Bennett's 450 599 Donovan, R., Bennett's 270 400 Douds, Jo... 🌾 Return of Sheepowners and Stock Numbers for Canterbury-Kaikoura Counties, 1888-1889 (Cont.) 5 December 1889 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...mann, John, Bennett's 450 599 Donovan, R., Bennett's 270 400 Douds, Jo... 🌾 Return of Sheepowners and Stock Numbers for Canterbury-Kaikoura Counties, 1888-1889 5 December 1889 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...nn, John, Bennett's … 599 656 Donovan, R., Bennett's … 400 380 Douds, ... 🌾 Sheep Numbers in Canterbury-Kaikoura District 1890 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
WWI Military DefaultersRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsRoderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name
1948/14970Joan Carter Philip Roderick Donovan Order Product
1948/14970 Joan Carter Philip Roderick Donovan
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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
2009/29697Donovan Philip Roderick 5 January 1919  🔍NZ90 yearsOrder Product
2009/29697 Donovan Philip Roderick 5 January 1919  🔍NZ 90 years
BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)Roderick Donovan        🔍 ASH
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