Archibald John Charles Muir

Forenames

Archibald John Charles AWMM

Surname

Muir AWMM

Service number

WWII 446355 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Māori AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Grand Central, Te Kuiti AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mr. K. Armohanga, Hangatiki, Te Kuiti (fr) AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Jul 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 446355 AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Son of Archibald John Muir, and of Kathleen Muir (nee Mantell); nephew of Miss S. Mantell, of Middlemarch

Next of kin listed in the Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 as Mr K. Armohananga, Te Kuiti AWMM

Death

• 19 Feb 1945 AWMM
  Age  22 AWMM
• 19 Feb 1945 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
  Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

• Andersons Bay Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM 18. 4. AWMM
• Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 4SF, Plot 18 AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Pleasant Point School War Memorial, South Canterbury AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Cody, J.F. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
  http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Pleasant Point War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/pleasant-point-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2919954
  Sources Used
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 12: WW2 139
• Information kindly provided by family
• This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)