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Huia Leonard Briggs

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My Battery 161, A Troop, New Zealand Artillery, [Shorty Milne, Hikutaia, NZ, H L Hunter, Invercargill, South Island, Rud, W.M. 10 Bowmont St, Invercargill, A. Bailey, 72 Wharf St ?, Newfoundland, R.B. O'Meara, Auckland, O.A Anderson, 54 ? Main Cres, Grafton, Edinburgh, Scotland, OJ Morell, Albert St, Hamilton East]. William Henry Deakin photographs (PH-1996-185). Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. PH-1996-185-3_001.

My Battery 161, A Troop, New Zealand Artillery, [Shorty Milne, Hikutaia, NZ, H L Hunter, Invercargil …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Huia Leonard AWMM
  • Surname
    Briggs AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Huia Leonard Briggs AWMM
  • Service number
    • Jayforce 811951 AWMM
    • Korea 203795 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
    Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Pretoria St., Rotorua AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mr. F.H. Briggs, Pretoria St., Rotorua (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Single/Jayforce AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 1946-1948 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.16 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.16
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.16
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.16 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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