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Jack Salisbury Tonks

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Taken in Cairo January 1941

JACK SALISBURY TONKS

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jack Salisbury AWMM
  • Surname
    Tonks AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 36091 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 September 1918 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 97 Miramar Avenue, Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    • Fitter and Turner/Civilian AWMM
    • Wellington 1945-54
      Delta Engineering Waipawa own business 1954-74
      1975-84 Tourist Kelt Mtrs Hastings Public - Beverley - Child - 10 May 2016 - Family Papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Henry Thomas Tonks(father), 97 Miramar Ave, Wellington AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM 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 25 June 1940 AWMM Fitter and Turner/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Pallo Engineering
    Cuba Street, Wellington Public - Beverley - Child - 10 May 2016 - Family Papers
  • 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
    • Hair colour, WWII AWMM
      Black AWMM
    • Complexion, WWII AWMM
      Olive AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Height, WWII AWMM
      5 feet 10 inches AWMM
    • 1941 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Amoebic Dysentery, Egypt AWMM
    • 1944 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Middle East AWMM
    • 1944 Malaria Invalided home November 1944 Public - Beverley - Child - 10 May 2016 - Military Personnel File

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 June 1987 AWMM
    Age 68 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taradale Cemetery, Napier City, New Zealand AWMM Plot 21, Section D AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Evening Post, Dominion Post, New Zealand Herald, Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune 9th June 1987 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form 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.478 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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