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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 and was part of the 34th Battalion, 8th Brigade. “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 # 
C122082BrownAugustus HenricksonArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945527494 
177754BrownCharles EdwinArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945585839 
163678BrownCyrilArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945605073 
159928BrownDonald AlfredArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945476978 
160969BrownDonald ColinArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945498480 
177733BrownHugh LancelotArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945555350 
153276BrownJohn GladstoneArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945375413 
147530BrownWilliam EricArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945231099 
177233BrowneLeslie HenryArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945312060 
177775BrownleeJamesArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945605726 
162729BruceThomas WhitesideArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945565820 
99278BuchananFrederick JohnArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945445251 
99279BuckHenry WilliamArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945506786 
99286BuntingClifford EarlArmyWorld War II, 1939-194562294 
136237BurdAlbert ErnestArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945463198 
161086BurnsSamuel AlexanderArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945501463 
99295ButlandJules MalfroyArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945490423 
99296ButterickMiles TaylorArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945399386 
152288ByrneJoseph HaughtonArmyWorld War II, 1939-194534283 
99298ByrneTraceyArmyWorld War II, 1939-1945550948 

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