Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Thomas Colin AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Murray AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 260451 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 260451 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Coastwatcher AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
08 Nov 1945 AWMM
For exemplary conduct in coast-watching and communication duties in the Gibert Islands area in the face of the enemy, despite overwhelming odds and the knowledge that relief or escape was impossible. AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Radio operator/Civilian Ballot List

Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito

WW2

Tuhinga hauora

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Executed by Japanese whilst a prisoner of war AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Coastwatchers AWMM

Matenga

15 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Bourail Memorial, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM
• Betio Memorial, Tarawa, Kiribati AWMM
• Marlborough War Memorial, Second World War Panel AWMM
• Tarawa Coastwatchers Memorial AWMM
• Musick Memorial Radio Station, Bucklands Beach: Coastwatchers roll of honour AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Hall, D.O.W. (1950). Coastwatchers. In New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939-1945 : episodes & studies Vol. 2. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-2Epi-t1-g1-t7.html
  Sources Used
• Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Paci.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2187384
  Sources Used
• Warren, Geraldine and Pine, Madison. Our Coastwatchers. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 21 April 2020
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/coastwatchers
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• The New Zealand Herald
  "Tarawa Outrage, Massacre by Japanese", N.Z. Herald, 23 Oct 1944 (copy of article in ACF27569)
• New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Personnel - Medals and decorations - Awards to Pacific Coast watchers (1942-1946), Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R21465310)
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.