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John Herbert Kemnitz

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Kemnitz AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ2295 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 November 1910 Public source Dunedin, Otago Public source
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  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

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 Solicitor/Civilian Ballot List
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Recruited for service with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in Singapore. Public source. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 December 1974 Public source
    Sydney, New South Wales Public source
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • To the best father that a man could have hoped for. Not a day goes by, that I do not think of him.
    Bob Kemnitz
    Public - Bob - Child - 6 November 2023
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Sources

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  • External links
    'Service in Ceylon', Otago Daily Times, 17 January 1945. Papers Past.
    https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19450117.2.46
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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