Arthur Gerald Levien

Forenames

Arthur Gerald AWMM

Surname

Levien AWMM

Also known as

Gerry AWMM

Service number

• WWI 17517 AWMM
• WWII 20989 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1 May 1896 AWMM

Next of kin

• C.E. Levien (father), Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Ruth Guthrie (sister), Whatawhata, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 05 Dec 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Pre 01 May 1940 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• Greece AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 17517 AWMM
• WWII 20989 AWMM

Military service

Kimbolton AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Military training

WW1. Featherston Training Camp. July 1916

Public - Te Papa - 27 April 2015 - Levien, Arthur Gerald. Letter. 3 July 1916. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. (GH023125).

Enlistment

• WW1 27 Jun 1916 AWMM
  Age  20 AWMM
  Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 25 Jan 1940 AWMM
  Age  43 AWMM
  Linesman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 05 Dec 1916-13 Jan 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 70 AWMM Vessel was Waihora AWMM Trooper AWMM 19th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Vessel was Unknown Ship AWMM Unknown AWMM 7th Anti tank AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Capture details

• WW2
  15 Jul 1942-17 May 1945 AWMM
• WW2
  15 Jul 1942 AWMM
• WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 6 inches AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Brown AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  126 pounds AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Black AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  Dark AWMM
• Classification, Unknown Period AWMM
  (WW2) Fit AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Hospital 12 May 1917 diarrhoea in the field to Kantara AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Hospital 29 September 1918 malaria AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 7 Jun 1919 AWMM
  No longer physically fit for war service AWMM
  Unknown AWMM
• WW2 10 Dec 1945 AWMM
  End of war AWMM
  Gunner/Military AWMM

Arthur adjusted his age for enlistment for both wars: date of birth at attestation in WW1 given as 1893 and for WW2 given as 1906.

Brother of Edward Levien (11/74) and John Julian Levien (11/75)

Interned as POW 15 July 1942 - 17 May 1945

Medals are held by Waikato Museum AWMM

Death

10 Jun 1967 AWMM
Age  71 AWMM

Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Plot 17-16-23 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24060778
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
  Further Reference
• Te Papa Collection items http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Person/56557
  Public - Te Papa - 25 April 2015 - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  46: 2
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 109
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Cenotaph data entry form
• Information kindly provided by family
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.