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Cecil James Blomfield

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cecil James AWMM
  • Surname
    Blomfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ces AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 6093 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 May 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Whangaroa, Northland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Whangaroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 23 August 1915 AWMM Whangaroa, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 61 Brooklyn Flats, Emily Place, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Edward Clare Blomfield, Barrister, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs P.C. Blomfield (wife), 61 Brooklyn Flats, Emily Place, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 6093 AWMM
  • Military service
    2nd Maori Battalion Nom Roll. 2nd Maori Battalion
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    14 February 1969 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Southport General Cemetery, Southport, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
    https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. 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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