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Malcolm John Mason

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Malcolm John AWMM
  • Surname
    Mason AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 30959 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 December 1912 AWMM Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
    19 December 1912 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2022 - Research
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    son of Francis Augustus & Margaret MASON Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2022 - Research
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Education Department, Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. H.W. Mason, Oxford St., Tawa Flat (wife) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • 1939 Malcolm John MASON married Helen Wilmot VALENTINE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2022 - Research

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - P.G. 47, Modena, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
    Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
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Medical history

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Biographical information

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    • Capt M. J. Mason, MC; Wellington; born Pahiatua, 19 Dec 1912; accountant; p.w. 23 Nov 1941; escaped, Italy, 11 Sep 1943; rejoined Allied forces 17 Jun 1944. (Source: Puttick, E. 25 Battalion. p.34.) AWMM
    • From Wellington. Accountant, businessman and writer. Married Helen Wilmot Valentine in October 1939; three children. Territorial Reserve in New Zealand then volunteered for active duty during World War two. Enlisted as a Captain in the 25th Wellington Infantry Battalion, 2NZEF. Active service in North Africa, captured November 1941, prisoner of war. Escaped in September in 1943 and these are described in his book `The way out'. Received Military Cross in 1945, and an OBE in 1962. Regimental number 30959. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2022 - https://natlib.govt.nz/records/29938506
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Death

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Sources

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    • Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      p.417. AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      pp.8, 34, 35, 88, 98, 159. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.321 AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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13 June 2022Lorraine MonaGisborne, NZResearcher

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