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Thomas Gerald Homan

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Gerald AWMM
  • Surname
    Homan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 22084 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    1914 Public - Gina - Other relative - 30 January 2023 - Birth Death Marriages. Note Thomas's birth name is Thomas Gerald ALLEN which is his mother Martha Allen's maiden name.
  • Place of birth
    Kaipara or Dargaville Public - Gina - Other relative - 30 January 2023 - Family Papers
  • Birth notes
    Thomas's family lived in Kaipara in 1913 then moved to Dargarville approx 1915. Public - Gina - Other relative - 30 January 2023 - Thomas's birth name is registered as Thomas Gerald Allen which is his mothers maiden name as his parents were not married. Thomas had 13 siblings in total, 10 living to adulthood
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM Hoe-o-Tainui AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. R.J. Homan, Moa Rd., Point Chevalier, Auckland (father) AWMM
    • Father Richard John Homan. On 17 Nov 1918 Thomas's mother Martha nee Allen (previous married name Reddy) died of influenza, aged 49, she is buried at Purewa Cemetery, Meadownbank, Auckland. Public - Gina - Other relative - 30 January 2023 - Newspaper articles, family papers, Purewa Cemetery online records
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.89 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.89
    Morrinsville, Waikato 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.89
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    4 January 1980 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.89 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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30 January 2023GinaCambridge, WaikatoOther relative

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