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Toko Rua Croft

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  • Service number
    Jayforce 812930 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Toko Rua AWMM
  • Surname
    Croft AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 812930 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1928 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM P.O., Pokere AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs. M. Croft, P.O., Pokere (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Single/Jayforce AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 812930 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 1946-1948 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.29 Carpenter/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.29
    Whangarei, Northland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.29
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1996 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • In Loving Memory of Loving
    Dad Toko Rua Croft,You will always be in Our hearts 💕 always and forever ♥️ From all your 12 children..Belated Wife
    June Margaret Strongman and Grandchildren and Great grand children 👏 We Love you always and forever! Never Forgotten
    From the Croft Family
    Public - Ramari Maraea - Child - 20 April 2023
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.29 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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20 April 2023Ramari Maraea 44b Takanini Road, Takanini, Auckland Child

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