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Noel Kingi

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel J_018. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel J_018. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Noel AWMM
  • Surname
    Kingi AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    65190 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1919 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/noel-kingi
  • Place of birth
    Rotorua Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/noel-kingi
  • Birth notes
    Son of Raiona Kingi and of Florence Kingi (nee Airey), of Okere Falls Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/noel-kingi
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R. Kingi (mother), Okere Falls, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    65190 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Raiona Kingi and of Florence Kingi (nee Airey), of Okere Falls, AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM VIII. J. 22. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

Roll of Honour

Remember Noel Kingi by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Noel Kingi

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  • I hope you are well up there, and at peace with your whanau. Forever thankful for you and your brothers in arms protecting us and fighting for what we have today. I wish I had of met you, but I will visit you one day. You are always in my heart Uncle Noel. Lest we forget.
    Public - Sam - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
      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 193 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 November 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
25 April 2015Sam New ZealandOther Relative

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