21st Battalion Association

21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Membership Files

The 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion was raised from recruits predominantly in Auckland City and North Auckland, with some from the Waikato and Hauraki districts. During the war the battalion served in Greece and Crete before being evacuated back to Egypt. In the Western Desert the battalion suffered heavy losses especially at Sidi Rezegh. They fought at El Alamein and followed the advance of Rommel to Tunisia where they fought alongside the 28 Maori Battalion at Takrouna. Joining with the 8th Army in Italy, they took part in engagements at Sangro, Orsogna and Cassino. Part of the occupying force at Trieste, the Battalion remained in Italy until October 1945, at which point most were repatriated to New Zealand leaving the more recent recruits to be sent to joined J Force. During the war the Battalion lost 444 men in action, 1172 were wounded and 574 taken as prisoners of war.

The 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Assn was formed in 1955. It grew from an informal meeting at the Maple Doorway in Symonds Street, Auckland. Ten days later on 18 May 1955, the first business meeting was held and the association was officially launched with its objectives being ‘to bring together for mutual enjoyments and assistance all ex-members of the 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion and their next of kin’.

The Association provided support and welfare for veterans with social functions, reunions, overseas trips and annual ANZAC Day parades. The Ladies’ Section was formed in 1958 to assist in hospitality and catering, and for many years the Association’s clubroom in Mt Roskill provided a home base for the growing membership.

The Association held numerous national reunions, organised overseas trips and supported members and their families. Eventually, as the membership aged, so too the numbers declined and the responsibility for running the Association fell to a small number of stalwarts.

In 2005, after celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Association was wound up and its collections offered to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Working through Museum Curator Rose Young, items from the Clubrooms including this card catalogue, memorabilia, photographs and archives were transferred to the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

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Record ID	Photo	Family name	First names	Force	Wars	Service #		Preliminary
C131866		Abbott	Richard Brian	Army	World War II, 1939-1945, Jayforce, 1945-1948	23709
C143105		Abernethy	Charlie Mitchell	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22554
C143210		Adams	Hugh Miller	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22158
126430		Adams	Jack	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	65143
148252		Adams	Sidney Donald Waller	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	244962
167377		Agnew	William Desmond	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	66579
166771		Ahern	Patrick Kevin	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	65144
147894		Aitken	James MacNeill	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	237960
C140869		Alcock	Kenneth Allister	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	24983
C143135		Alderton	George Frederick Richard	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22108
103036		Aldridge	Earnest Gibson Gerald	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	439655
129681		Alker	Malcolm John	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	455062
103044		Allcock	Douglas Henry	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	612213
C143147		Allely	Francis Nelson	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22591
106616		Allen	Barry Dickson	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	272731
164634		Allen	Frank Richard	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	61888
103048		Allen	Garfield Stuart	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	615777
149421		Allen	George	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	270016
164635		Allen	James Hills	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	61889
C120707		Allen	Lionel Leonard	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	70088
129694		Alston	Thomas	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	164059
C141385		Andersen	Jack Norval	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	23026
C143226		Anderson	Allan Charles	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	21411
164390		Anderson	Eric Graham	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	616437
172085		Anderson	George Douglas	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	415603
C143236		Anderson	Henry James	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	21412
C133537		Anderson	Ian Wilson	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	620227
C143234		Anderson	Thomas Good	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	21553
148667		Anderson	Trevor Albert John	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	252305
148097		Anderson	William Charles Keith	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	242060
126455		Andrewartha	Richard Henry	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	67181
100507		Andrews	Nelson Noel	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	290372
C140876		Arbury	James Eric	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	24993
C143276		Armstrong	Jack Ernest	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22242
129744		Armstrong	Lewis Howard	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	377173
164639		Arnott	James Selwyn	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	61892
C138169		Ashcroft	John	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	26447
155642		Ashton	Thomas Ralph	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	430396
108801		Astrella	Ivan Francis	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	449913
C127700		Atchinson	Dennison Read	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	256296
174745		Atkins	Harry Edmund	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	70902
122767		Aughton	Hugh William George	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	63303
126482		Auton	Alan Whitnell	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	67116
135584		Autridge	Humphrey	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	28131
103113		Babe	George Kenneth	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	410329
C143446		Bagnall	Frederick Cadman	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22110
C133574		Bai	Norman Alfred	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	64144
C120892		Bailey	Colin Jack	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	622168
C143455		Bailey	Ralph Charles	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22455
106666		Bain	Douglas Taylor	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	617001
C130893		Bainbridge	Gordonstone	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	66047
C120890		Baird	Ian James Bruce	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	444741
161921		Baker	Cyril Ernest	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	530157
C120955		Baker	Edward	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	248870
C133101		Baker	Frederick	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	442397
103125		Baker	Matthew Charles	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	555034
C130825		Baker	Ralph John	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22594
126494		Baker	Vernon Lewis	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	64948
158699		Baker	William Arthur	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	458474
C145596		Baker	William Maximus	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	559059
C28031		Baldwin	Herbert Roland	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	275801
129822		Balfour	Alexander	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	243236
C120889		Ball	Maurice James Dennis	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	447308
C141376		Ball	Oswald James	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	23870
167568		Ball	Sydney James	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	67185
162498		Ballantyne	Douglas Leslie	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	555529
C143386		Bardsley	Thomas	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22018
160798		Barker	Frederick Alwyn	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	493710
146896		Barker	George William	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	211571
100575		Barker	Lenon	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	438533
149140		Barlow	William	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	263864
C143403		Barnes	Ernest Edmund	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	20459
135664		Barnes	Frank Charles	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	157331
154315		Barnes	Harry Douglas	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	407139
C143464		Barr	Martin Todd	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	21332
C143472		Barron	Robert Laurence	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22245
103161		Barsdell	Charles Henry	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	405578
150354		Barton	Colin George	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	285645
C141631		Bartrum	Ivan Lennox	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	21346
C143630		Bassett	Ernest Neilson	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	20579
108834		Batt	Robert Claude	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	447784
C143641		Batty	Frank	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22519
155273		Batty	George	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	42424
C143642		Bavister	Jack	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	21490
155293		Baxter	George William	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	42453
C130915		Bearsley	Algenon Ronald	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	61902
C128016		Beaver	Kenneth Frederick James	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	635182
151165		Beazley	Frederick Lewis	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	29875
129930		Beck	Arthur David William	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	098282
C132632		Beckett	Cecil Franklin	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	486113
C133818		Becroft	Ian George	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	62959
126539		Bedford	William John	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	64247
122870		Beeche	Carlyle Raymond John	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	63304
100622		Beehre	Graeme Trevor	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	439286
122871		Beet	William Robert	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	62316
C122096		Bell	Francis Dickens	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	112051
158467		Bell	Frederick Claude	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	456409
164655		Bell	Frederick Gordon	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	61904
C36681		Bell	Hubert Ashworth	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	486137
C143892		Bell	Walter Aubin	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	22199

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