Karu Crawford

Forenames

Karu AWMM

Surname

Crawford AWMM

Also known as

Fred AWMM

Service number

39208 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

Circa 1916 Public Source

Date of birth

abt 1916

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - estimated from age at death

Place of birth

East Coast, NZ

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - estimated

Birth notes

son of Meha CRAWFORD & Miriama Te Atakura TAUTAU Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/karu-crawford

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr Meha Crawford (father), Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39208 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Capture details

• WW2 POW - Crete AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM

Liberation date

June 1945

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - Released Prisoners - Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 155, 3 July 1945, Page 3

Name recorded as Karu (Fred) Crawford in Soutar (2008). 28 (Maori) Battalion, Main Body AWMM

Death

11 Nov 1971 Public Source

Date of death

11 Nov 1971

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

Age at death

55yrs

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

Place of death

Tolaga Bay

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

Death notes

2nd NZEF 39208 Pte TeK.R. CRAWFORD, 28 Maori Battn, died 11.11.1971 aged 55 yrs.

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

Cemetery name

Tolaga Bay Cemetery, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

Grave reference

Block TOLRS; Plot 51; Warrant # 375

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 January 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  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
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

References

• 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.
  WW2 2: WW2 44
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
• 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.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.