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Curly Kanavatoa

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  • Service number
    810746 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Thomas Public - Naomi - Direct descendant - 26 September 2023 - Thomas Curly Kanavatoa also known as Ikitongia.
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Curly Kanavatoa

Curly Kanavatoa

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Curly AWMM
  • Surname
    Kanavatoa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Thomas Public - Naomi - Direct descendant - 26 September 2023 - Thomas Curly Kanavatoa also known as Ikitongia.
  • Service number
    810746 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 February 1917 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 14 Harding Street, Auckland, ew Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs N. Kanavatoa (mother), Makaheheke, Nuie Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Separated AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    810746 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Painter AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • 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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1979 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
    http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
    Further Reference
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 15: WW2 75 AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 September 2023NaomiAuckland, New Zealand Direct descendant
25 April 2020JasonTauranga, New Zealand Direct descendant

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