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Kenneth Joseph Garrett

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Portrait of Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Joseph Garrett, c.1944. Image kindly provided by Rhona Pike (May 2020). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Joseph Garrett, c.1944. Image kindly provided by Rhona Pike …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kenneth Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Garrett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ken AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII NZ4313734 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 13 March 1924 Family source Raglan, Waikato Family source
    • 13 March 1924 Jayforce 14 Squadron (R21077357)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 18 Station Road, Claudelands, Hamilton AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Mechanic/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Adelaide Elsie May Garrett AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 19 November 1943 AWMM Mechanic/Civilian AWMM
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked for:

    Bougainville 19.3.45
    Santo Vanuatu 19.10.45
    Fiji 19.12.45
    Bougainville 10.2.45
    Fiji 16.2.46
    Japan 8.3.46 with J Force (14 Squad) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 June 2011 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    Pakuranga, Manukau City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Manukau Memorial Gardens AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 10 June 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Jayforce Nominal Roll, Manning: No 14 Squadron (1943-1947), Archives New Zealand. AIR1 17211 (R21077357). AWMM
    • Forms 38' Medical report files - 14 Squadron Japan. Archives New Zealand, AIR1W3869 (R18631080). AWMM

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