GREER, Oscar Ignatius
Son of George Greer & Mary Lynch
b. 1922 NZ - d. 1987 NZ
World War II, 1939-1945
Royal New Zealand Navy
Rank: Ordinary seaman
Occupation before Enlistment: Farm hand
Service number: RNZN 5280)
Embarkation details: Ordinary Seaman; HMNZS Philomel; Royal New Zealand Navy
Military service -
Philomel, July 1942 - August 1942
Cape Brett, 31 August 1942 - February 1943
Philomel, February 1943
Cook III, February 1943 - July 1943
Philomel, July 1943 - August
Cape Brett, March 1944 - December 1944
Dec 1944 - Feb 1945, Royal New Zealand Navy, HMNZS Tamaki
Philomel, February 1945
Black Prince, February 1945 - September 1945
Golden Hind, September 1945 - October 1945
Cook, October 1945 - December 1945
Medals and Awards -
1939-1945 Star
Pacific Star
War Medal 1939-1945
New Zealand War Service Medal A
Oswald enlisted on 19 July 1942 at Auckland, aged 19 years. He was recorded as being single, 5, 5" tall with blue eyes and brown hair. He had a tattoo on his left arm of a snake wrapped around a sword. His last address was Tiritea, Fitzherbert West, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand. His next of kin was Mary Greer (mother), rural mail delivery, Fitzherbert West, Palmerston North.
Discharged 25 December 1945, at end of hostilities.
Source: Military documents; Auckland Cenotaph