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.
Results
Photo | Force | Wars | Service # | |
130334 | | Burney | Gerald Joseph | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 266167 | | |
156130 | | Burns | James Barrie | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 436076 | | |
171331 | | Burrell | Charles Edwin Marshall | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 28300 | | |
117671 | | Burrows | Charles William | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 29510 | | |
C133449 | | Burton | Aubrey Edmund | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 219337 | | |
C145627 | | Burton | Frederick | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21558 | | |
103476 | | Burton | Sedley Barwell | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 470070 | | |
C132203 | | Buscomb | Herbert Reginald | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 445641 | | |
123109 | | Busfield | Rawdon Hargreaves | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 45496 | | |
C145632 | | Butcher | Ernest Tai Alexander | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22112 | | |
149012 | | Butland | William Paul | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 261087 | | |
173124 | | Butler | George Thomas | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 49442 | | |
136280 | | Butler | Harold | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 25060 | | |
145815 | | Butler | Thomas | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 17647 | | |
97232 | | Butler | Victor Claude | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 601523 | | |
C145640 | | Caddie | Colin Shand | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 20463 | | |
C35887 | | Cain | Arthur Ronald | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 443971 | | |
130382 | | Cairns | Cyril James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 114657 | | |
88219 | | Cairns | Gilbert Eastcott | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 23913 | | |
108963 | | Cairns | Thomas John | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 435561 | | |
C18737 | | Caitcheon | Rex Malcolm Lawrence | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 438965 | | |
103503 | | Calder | Errol Murray | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 436763 | | |
C145762 | | Callaghan | Richard Edward | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22203 | | |
C138749 | | Callaghan | Thomas Cecil | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 23914 | | |
C145764 | | Callagher | Harold Stuart | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22070 | | |
100828 | | Calver | Peter Dick | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 80949 | | |
143390 | | Cameron | Allan George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 102325 | | |
103515 | | Cameron | Lochiel Stuart | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 437719 | | |
148781 | | Campbell | David Charles | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 254603 | | |
148644 | | Campbell | Gordon Oliver | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 251841 | | |
156430 | | Campbell | John Francis | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 438397 | | |
144552 | | Campbell | Lloyd George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 14263 | | |
145298 | | Campbell | Robert Albert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 16288 | | |
168508 | | Campbell | Robert Gordon | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 76677 | | |
170760 | | Campbell | William Arthur Thomas | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22022 | | |
C130774 | | Capner | Claude Alfred | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21560 | | |
103526 | | Carlisle | Ivan Robert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 581248 | | |
157848 | | Carn-Bennett | Robert Henry | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 450441 | | |
178425 | | Carnachan | Angus Crosbie | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 2644 | | |
103538 | | Carr | Christopher Kitchener | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 505632 | | |
103537 | | Carr | Jack Norton | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 471134 | | |
C131277 | | Carr | Stanley Herbert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 453531 | | |
C36024 | | Carr | Sydney Edward | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 23115 | | |
166967 | | Carrigan | Lawrence | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 65643 | | |
C27059 | | Carroll | John Anderson | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 20479 | | |
C132981 | | Carroll | L. A. | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 474931 | | |
C130730 | | Carroll | Leslie Patrick Joseph | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22071 | | |
136370 | | Carruthers | Howard Clive | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 12220 | | |
C35313 | | Carter | Charles William | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 20462 | | |
C129879 | | Carter | Lawrence Percival | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 435779 | | |
88228 | | Carter | Terence George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 67269 | | |
C122235 | | Cartwright | Gordon Keith | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21326 | | |
103553 | | Carver | Frank Charles George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 525899 | | |
C131037 | | Castell | Edward Charles | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21352 | | |
123188 | | Catterall | James Henry | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 61933 | | |
136415 | | Cavanagh | Alexander James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 26459 | | |
158131 | | Chalmers | Donald Craigie | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 453122 | | |
126771 | | Chalmers | Joseph James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 61934 | | |
175242 | | Chapman | Charles Austin | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 73596 | | |
170862 | | Chapman | Kenneth Bertram | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 23782 | | |
136454 | | Charman | John Sydney | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22569 | | |
117828 | | Cheesman | Douglas Henry | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 16002 | | |
C127988 | | Chisholm | Harold | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22258 | | |
103595 | | Chisnall | Bruce Bernard | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 299959 | | |
115091 | | Clark | Cecil William | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22661 | | |
147128 | | Clark | David | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22023 | | |
147351 | | Clark | Donald George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22774 | | |
C142868 | | Clark | Roy Eric | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 230665 | | |
170963 | | Clarke | Frederick Edward Bertram | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 25079 | | |
161850 | | Clarke | Leslie Newton | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 527197 | | |
126792 | | Clarke | Trevor Selwyn | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 47576 | | |
130560 | | Clarkin | Royston William | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 408033 | | |
165374 | | Clarkson | William Paul | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 62825 | | |
C128837 | | Clayton | Eric Huia | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 453968 | | |
123257 | | Clegg | Frank | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 61937 | | |
C129268 | | Cleland | Duncan | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 36173 | | |
C19021 | | Clews | Denis James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 266104 | | |
100911 | | Clifford | George Avon | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 412807 | | |
106962 | | Close | Gordon Joffre | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 097767 | | |
165208 | | Clotworthy | James Wilson | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 62496 | | |
C130095 | | Clough | Robert John Keith | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 624279 | | |
88238 | | Cochrane | Huon Frederick | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 436511 | | |
C122016 | | Cockburn | Julius Niccola | Army | World War II, 1939-1945, Jayforce, 1945-1948 | 63276 | | |
130607 | | Codlin | Ronald Arthur | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 271932 | | |
C140409 | | Codling | Herbert Thomas | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 29755 | | |
C128041 | | Codling | Richard Hewitt | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 23714 | | |
126807 | | Coggan | Reginald | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 66631 | | |
C36269 | | Coggins | Thomas | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22204 | | |
109023 | | Coghlan | Eldon Campbell | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 257754 | | |
163582 | | Cole | Roy Ernest Kitchener | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 60341 | | |
C130963 | | Collier | James Stanley | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22115 | | |
136636 | | Collin | Lester John McDonnell | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 292768 | | |
123305 | | Collingwood | Francis Shields | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 63207 | | |
162196 | | Collins | Gordon Henry | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 543580 | | |
C130964 | | Collins | Guy Lindsey | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21496 | | |
115119 | | Collinson | John Ray | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22205 | | |
C133422 | | Colmer | Keith Gordon | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 415716 | | |
C140305 | | Colmer | Leonard James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 447701 | | |
115120 | | Colston | Harry Spencer | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21348 | | |
115121 | | Colvin | Patrick Walero | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21418 | | |
The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.