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Robert John Farrell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert John AWMM
  • Surname
    Farrell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25848 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1919 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 January 2016 - Estimated
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 January 2016 - Estimated
  • Birth notes
    Son of Robert John and Mary Alice Farrell, of Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 January 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/robert-john-farrell
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Kaunakania, Te Karaka, New Zealand AWMM
    • Kanakanaia, Te Karaka, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 January 2016 - Corrected Spelling
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Farrell (mother), Te Hapara, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    25848 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert John Farrell was the son of Robert John and Mary Alice Farrell, of Gisborne AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 October 1942 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM II. E. 15. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    ‘ Farrell. —Killed in action, R. J. Farrell, dearly loved only son of Mrs. M. Farrell. Gisborne, and brother pf Rata and Betty. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20947, 21 NOVEMBER 1942, PAGE 1
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 January 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 112 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
01 July 2023Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
12 January 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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