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Herbert John De Stigter

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Herbert Johan [ John ] De Stigter

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herbert John AWMM
  • Surname
    De Stigter AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 21355 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 September 1912 AWMM Java, Indonesia AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM Onerahi AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. P. De Stigter, Onerahi (wife) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    31 July 1980 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • Date of death
    31 July 1979 Public - Trevor Norman - Child - 26 April 2022 - Family papers
  • Age at death
    • 67 years Public - Trevor Norman - Child - 26 April 2022 - Personal knowlrdge
    • 66 years Public - Trevor Norman - Child - 26 April 2022 - Personal knowledge
  • Place of death
    Whangarei Public - Trevor Norman - Child - 26 April 2022 - Personal Knowledge
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Maunu Cemetry, Whangarei Public - Trevor Norman - Child - 26 April 2022 - Personal knowledge from personal attendance
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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  • Egypt, Greece, El Alamein. Corporal then Sergeant.
    Public - Angela Janette - Other relative - 25 April 2023
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Sources

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    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
      pp.202, 204–5 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
      p.50 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2023Angela JanetteAuckland NZ.Other relative
26 April 2022Trevor NormanChristchurch, New ZealandChild
29 November 2020lewWhangarei NZ Researcher

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