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Adam Pou

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Adam AWMM
  • Surname
    Pou AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 68236 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM Pakotai AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. R. Pou, Pakotai (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 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 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.105 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.105
    Pakotai, Northland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.105
  • 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
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • I never met met my papa but I was told he was a loving but staunch man and he died from the shrapnel that was stuck in his back
    Public - David - Direct descendant - 27 June 2022
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Sources

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  • External links
    Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
    https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.105 AWMM
    • Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM

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27 June 2022DavidAuckland Direct descendant

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