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James Francis Dellaca

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Dellaca AWMM
  • Ingoa
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  • Service number
    WWII 8344 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
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  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM Care of Hamilton House, Queenstown AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. Harry Dominic Dellaca, Oxford, North Canterbury (father) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 8344 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.48 Shop assistant/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.48
    Invercargill, Southland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.48
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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Kokkinia Prisoner-of-War Hospital, Kokinia, Greece WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
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Death

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  • James (Jim) Francis Dellaca
    Born Reefton 20th September 1914
    Died Hawera(Trinity Hospital) 17th June 2001
    Buried Waverley Cemetery
    Reg. No. 8344 Pvt. 20th Battalion 1939 – 45
    Jim enlisted on the 5th October 1939 and was shipped out on the 5th Jan 1940. He was part of the original members of the 20th Battalion. He fought in Greece and was then withdrawn to Crete. During the German Paratroopers assault on Crete he was wounded and captured. Jim was seriously wounded and had perforations and compound fractures (Tibia and Fibula etc) of left leg.
    Jim became a prisoner of war and transferred to Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf, Poland from 23rd May 1941 to 24th Nov 1943
    Jim was part of a prisoner exchange for prisoners (who had serious injuries etc) known as the “Barcelona Exchange”. They left Stalag VIII B, Lamsdorf on 20th Oct 1943 on a train bound for Marseilles, France where they were bought to Bar
    Public - Graeme Douglas - Other relative - 28 April 2020
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    Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
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    • 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. AWMM
      p.48 AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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28 April 2020Graeme Douglas New ZealandOther relative

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