Alister Austen Deans

Forenames

Alister Austen AWMM

Surname

Deans AWMM

Also known as

Austen AWMM

Service number

WWII 8069 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

2 Dec 1915 The Press

Address before enlistment

WW2 Darfiled, R.M.D. Canterbury AWMM

Post war occupation

Artist/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs. A.Deans (mother), Darfield, R.M.D., Canterbury AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 8069 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Artist/Civilian 2NZEF Nom Roll 1

Embarkation details

WW2 Lance Corporal/Military 2NZEF Nom Roll 1 20 Canto. 2NZEF Nom Roll 1 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Capture details

• WW2 POW - Crete AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM

Death

18 Oct 2011 The Press
Age  95 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Archives New Zealand:War Art
  http://warart.archives.govt.nz/AustenDeans
  Further Reference
• The Press: Obituary
  http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/5813214/Renowned-artist-Austen-Deans-dies
  Sources Used
• Saffron Gallery Obituary
  http://www.saffrongallery.co.nz/index.php/artwork/bios/manufacturers/austen-a-deans
  Sources Used
• Find New Zealand Artists
  https://findnzartists.org.nz/artist/4000/austen-deans
  Further Reference
• Wikipedia Entry
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austen_Deans
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference
• TITLE: [P.O.W [Prisoner of War] with Mandolin] ARTIST: Austen Deans MEDIUM/SUPPORT: Pencil DIMENSIONS: 750 x 550mm. Archives NZ, R22499867
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22499867
  Further Reference
• TITLE: Houses near P.O.W. [Prisoner of War] camp, March 1943 ARTIST: Austen Deans MEDIUM/SUPPORT: Watercolour DIMENSIONS: 348 x 430mm. Archives NZ, R22499872
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22499872
  Further Reference
• TITLE: Norman McKenzie P.O.W, [Prisoner of War] May 1943 ARTIST: Austen Deans MEDIUM/SUPPORT: Ink DIMENSIONS: 710 x 480mm. Archives NZ, R22499868
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22499868
  Further Reference
• TITLE: Severely wounded P.O.W.'s [Prisoners of War] loading up for repatriation at Kokinia Hospital, Piraeus ARTIST: Austen Deans MEDIUM/SUPPORT: Watercolour/pencil DIMENSIONS: 220 x 395mm, Archives NZ (R22499871)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22499871
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.48
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Prisoners of War Enquiry Office. (1941–1944). The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet: Official pamphlet of the Prisoners of War Enquiry Office of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Wellington, New Zealand.
  Special, June 1943, p.4
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.