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Cenotaph record

Sydney Hemi

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Mr Public - Pertrice - Direct descendant - 23 April 2017 - Family
  • Forenames
    Sydney AWMM
  • Surname
    Hemi AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    39067 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
    Mataatua AWMM
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Post Office, Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr M. Hemi (father), Waipapakauri, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39067 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • 1941


      Stalag XVIII/A
      Work Camp 10030 GW, Lavamund
      Newspaper 1941 Public - Gail - Child - 28 April 2017 - http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=dd=EP19410808.1.7e=-------10--1----0--
  • Days interned
    600 days Public - Gail - Child - 28 April 2017 - http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=dd=EP19410808.1.7e=-------10--1----0--
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
    Escaped late 1943 Public - Gail - Child - 28 April 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • POW serial number
    • WWII 4327 AWMM
    • 4327 Public - Gail - Child - 28 April 2017 - Roll Call
      http://www.stalag18a.org/wc10030gw.html#Return

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
      List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 84 AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
28 April 2017GailSydney AustraliaChild
23 April 2017Pertrice Perth, Australia Direct descendant

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