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T Force

T Force - Tonga Force

Camp for members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, in Tonga. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: PA1-f-107-12-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

Camp for members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, in Tonga. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: PA1-f-107-12-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

The 3NZ Division were garrisoned throughout the Pacific during World War II including in Fiji, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia and Tonga.

The creation of T Force was to support the training of the Tongan Defence Force. “As with Fiji, New Zealand undertook to train and direct the Tongan Defence Force and to provide essential supplies and war equipment, the cost of which was originally met by the Tongan Government's provision of £20,000 a year from its slender resources, though financial changes later became necessary.” (Gillespie, 1952, p. 292)

These records were updated from the Nominals roll held at Archives New Zealand.

Resources

  • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  • Nominal rolls - Disembarkation T-force [WW2 Tonga Force Disembarkation Roll], Archives NZ, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440224)

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PhotoFamily nameFirst namesForceWarsService # 
99160AstonHylton MeredithArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945406880 
177750BaileyAlexanderArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945582766 
99168BainAlfred JohnArmyWorld War II, 1939-194548650 
99167BaconCharles LawArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945487897 
154044BakerEric EdwardArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945402953 
135664BarnesFrank CharlesArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945157331 
C133101BakerFrederickArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945442397 
159536BainesGeorge HenryArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945469851 
135654BarlowGordon MillerArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945429670, 44534 
99186BartonGraham DouglasArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945462575 
150950BarnesHerbert EdwardArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945294959 
99184BartlettJames RichardArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945436603 
160411BarronJohn FraserArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945485553 
C20595BarkJohn GeorgeArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945488693 
163276BallochJohn RichardArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945592517 
163766BartonLeslie WalterArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945606665 
98787BarronNormanArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945428566 
177644BallVictor HugoArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945475957 
C103288BackholmWalter HerbertArmyWorld War I, 1914-191863277 
161092BarnesWilliam ArthurArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945501652 

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