Alfred Nelson Carroll

I whānau mai i te 24 Feb 1918 - I mate atu i te 7 Jan 1995

Nama Hōia: 39590 AWMM
Ingoa kārangaranga: —
Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga: —
Pakanga: World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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Pakanga: World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Kauhanga riri: —
Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
Nama Hōia: 39590 AWMM
Urunga ki te ope taua: —
Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga: —

Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua

Mētara me ngā Tohu: Military Medal (MM) AWMM
29 Nov 1945 AWMM
'In the action at PETRAS PASS, Greece, on 16 April 1941 Private Carroll was armed with a sub-machine gun and continually went out in search of enemy patrols who were threatening to penetrate around the flanks. Later when this had been effected, he went out under heavy fire and successfully stopped the advancing enemy. He was last seen with his gun hunting the enemy.'. (Source: The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Carroll, Nelson Alfred. (Ref. WO 373/57/582). Military Medal. AWMM
War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

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Whakangungu ope taua: —
Branch Trade Proficiency: —
Te urunga: WW2 05 Oct 1939 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
Pakeke i te whakaurunga: —
Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka: —

Te maha o ngā ekenga waka

Taipitopito ekenga waka: WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Mauhere o te pakanga

Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito: WW2 POW - Greece AWMM
WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM
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Kōrero taurongo

Son of Te Huatahi Pirihi Kaihote and Alfred Thomas Carroll.

His father enlisted as 19842 Private Thomas Carroll, 20th Reinforcements. Private Carroll served with the Māori Pioneers on the Western Front 1917 – 1918 being repatriated to New Zealand in 1919 and returning to Wairoa and farming.

After spending some time in England, the 28th Māori Battalion landed in Greece on 27th March 1941 and via Athens was moved to Katerini as the NZ units took up positions along the Aliakmon River.

From the citation posted in 1945, for the citation of the Military Medal and from Major Dyers report in the Battalion’s diary: “On 16 April 1941 Private Carroll was armed with a sub-machine gun and continually went out in search of enemy patrols who were threatening to penetrate around the flanks. Later when this had been effected, he went out under heavy fire and successfully stopped the advancing enemy. He was last seen with his gun hunting the enemy.” The citation was published in the London Gazette on 27th November 1945.
“Then could I tell you of brave men: Harry Taituha, whose section post was rushed, who refused to run and was left for dead; Karetu, who killed at close quarters with his Bren gun; Joe Hiroti and Carroll, the Tommy gunners who went looking for more; Tom Hawea and Murph, the mortar men who refused to be afraid; Fowler, the runner boy who was very frightened and yet account of action.”

It was not until the day he died that the Carroll whanau were aware that he had been awarded the Military Medal.

Private Carroll was posted missing on 18th April 1941, it was not until 21th September 1941 that a report from the Swiss Red Cross, CR1577, that Private Carroll was a POW in Stalag XVIII B , Wolfsburg, Austria. Private Carroll was one of 814 New Zealanders, 320 were Maori, from the Greece and Crete campaigns held in 1941. Stalag XVIII A was liberated by the British 8th Army in May 1945 and remaining POW were liberated and moved to Italy or the UK for repatriation. Private Carroll is reported ‘safe’ in the UK on 24th May 1945.

Private Carroll was finally embarked on 21st August 1945 and disembarked in New Zealand on 30th September 1945. Private Carroll returned to Wairoa before moving to Wellington for work where he met Acacia-Faye '‘Fay” Haromi Robertson (Kai Tahu/ Ngai Tahu) from Little River, Akaroa in the late 1940’s.

Information credited to Allan Dodson, Porirua War Stories AWMM

Ngā mātāwai

Hononga ki waho: 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference
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
'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field.' (London Gazette, 29 November 1945, p.5790.). Military Medal.
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37368/supplements/5790
Further Reference
'In the action at PETRAS PASS, Greece, on 16 April 1941 Private Carroll was armed with a sub-machine gun and continually went out in search of enemy patrols who were threatening to penetrate around the flanks. Later when this had been effected, he went out under heavy fire and successfully stopped the advancing enemy. He was last seen with his gun hunting the enemy.'. (Source: The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Carroll, Nelson Alfred. (Ref. WO 373/57/582). Military Medal.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7376031
Further Reference
Allan Dodson, Porirua War Stories
https://www.poriruawarstories.com/carroll-alfred-nelson
Further Reference
Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
Further Reference
D Company, 28th Māori Battalion, Palmerston North, 1940. The soldiers were identified by D Company's Company Sergeant Major, Rangi Logan, in the 1990s. Names are listed from left to right in each row. Some identifications remain unconfirmed. Identifications: 28 Māori Battalion website, ‘D Company 1940, group photo’. Back row: Unidentified, Tim Pahau, unidentified, possibly Katene, Bunny Hawkins (Wakatu), Johnson Whare, unidentified, Major Rewi, George Tawhai, Willy Rupe, Eddy (Kapai) Ngapuhi (unconfirmed), unidentified, Eddie Ngapuhi (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, Joe Larkins (Rangitāne), unidentified, Rangi Mateparae, Norman Tane (Te Kuiti), Noble Carroll, Bill Tauri, unidentified. Third row: Unidentified, Jack Tainui, unidentified, Jim Koti, J. J. Taha, Kiwa Pomare Hura, Joe Te Rangi (Chatham Islands), unidentified, Bill Rangitawa, Nelson Carroll, unidentified, Iriwhata (Ponchey) Hunter, Don Mitchell (Wairoa), Waki Lewis (Ngāti Kauwhata), William Heperi, Bill Iwihora, Tuakana (Tew) Nikora, John Rangi (Waitōtara), George (Old Horse) Martin, John (Swanne) Collins, Philip Parahi, Nirai Apatu, George Cook, Bob Ropiha, Tom Ormond (Māhia), unidentified, Taake Karetu, Jim Tahau. Second row: Bill Kurupo (Le Bas), Barney Kingi, Willy Tamaki, Te Raetea Kahu Paku, Felix Edwards, Boy Tamaki, Lemuel Mahanga (Wairoa, Hawke's Bay), Jim Roach, Walla West, Jack Rewiti, Bob Mangere, Jim Kihi (Ngāti Maniapoto), Willie Komene, Maurice Anderson, unidentified, Pat Wright, unidentified, Les Wipiti, Peter Tapine (Piha), Jim Bailey (Whanganui) or Boss Pineaha, Peter Tahatu, Joe Hiroti (Whanganui), Robert Fowler, Boyce Te Mana, Joe Manaena, John Parata (Pehi), Mat Bailey (Pūtiki). Front row: Hori Tauroa Roa, Fraser Goodnight, Paul Kurupo, Bill Tukere Te Anga, Dean (Hati) Paipa, Martin Murphy, George Te Hau, Bill Mohi, Jackson Martin, Tom Pitama (identified as Petaina), Rangi Logan, George Te Kuru, Teri Gilroy, Captain Ces Blomfield, Major Humphrey Dyer, Paul Te Punga, Wally McKay, Sergeant Ted Pohio, Whiti Mane (Hastings), Jerry Smith (Whanganui), Barney Manawatu, Stan Cooper, Tom Smiler, Stanley Rangi Martin, Sam Komene, Henry Skipper, George Turner, Howe Iwihora. 'Maori Battalion, D Company, Palmerston North’. Photograph by Richard John James Thomson, 1940. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PA.000038.
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/213178
Further Reference
Ngā tuhinga: List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
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 33
Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.

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