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Harry Jonas Croton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Jonas AWMM
  • Surname
    Croton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 42998 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    2 Dec 1918 Public - Ross - Other relative - 21 January 2022 - B D M Records
  • Place of birth
    Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. Public - Ross - Other relative - 21 January 2022 - B D M Records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM 152 Warwick Rd., Stratford AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 152 Warwick Rd., Stratford AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. M. Croton, 152 Warwick Rd., Stratford (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. M. Croton, 152 Warwick Rd., Stratford (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 42998 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
  • Date of death
    6 Jul 2006 Public - Ross - Other relative - 21 January 2022 - Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    88 years Public - Ross - Other relative - 21 January 2022 - Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. Public - Ross - Other relative - 21 January 2022 - Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Cremation New Plymouth Public - Ross - Other relative - 21 January 2022 - Cemetery Records
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.84 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.95 AWMM

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21 January 2022RossBulls NZOther relative

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