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James Morton Aitkenhead Samson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Morton Aitkenhead AWMM
  • Surname
    Samson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 11028 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    22 February 1904 Public - Brigid - Direct descendant - 29 December 2019 - Family History
  • Place of birth
    Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Public - Brigid - Direct descendant - 29 December 2019 - Family History
  • Birth notes
    Death - 30 November 1996 Public - Brigid - Direct descendant - 29 December 2019 - Family History
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 36 Sandringham St., St. Clair, Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Merino Sheep Farmer - Glenlee Station Awatere Valley NZ and later Lansdowne Station Marlborough NZ Public - Brigid - Direct descendant - 29 December 2019 - Family History
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. R.M. Samson, 36 Sandringham St., St. Clair, Dunedin (wife) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • Married Ruth Maude Jolly on 20 February 1929 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Public - Brigid - Direct descendant - 29 December 2019 - Family Papers
    • Two sons- James Willism Morton April 1930 and John Jolly February 1932. Public - Brigid - Direct descendant - 29 December 2019 - Family papers

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 11028 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.419 Managing director/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.419
    Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.419
  • 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

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

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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.419 AWMM

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29 December 2019BrigidMIDDLE DURALDirect descendant

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