Jerry Smith
- Service number
- 5482 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Whangaehu, New Zealand AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Whangaehu, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs L. Smith (mother), care of J. Gilbert, Putiki, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs L. Smith (mother), care of J. Gilbert, Putiki, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 5482 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Dairy hand/Civilian AWMM
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Dairy hand/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Corporal/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
- WW2 Lieutenant/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Biographical information
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About death
- Death
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- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Cemetery
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
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 - D Company, 28th Māori Battalion, Palmerston North, 1940. The soldiers were identified by D Company's Company Sergeant Major, Rangi Logan, in the 1990s. Names are listed from left to right in each row. Some identifications remain unconfirmed. Identifications: 28 Māori Battalion website, ‘D Company 1940, group photo’.
Back row: Unidentified, Tim Pahau, unidentified, possibly Katene, Bunny Hawkins (Wakatu), Johnson Whare, unidentified, Major Rewi, George Tawhai, Willy Rupe, Eddy (Kapai) Ngapuhi (unconfirmed), unidentified, Eddie Ngapuhi (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, Joe Larkins (Rangitāne), unidentified, Rangi Mateparae, Norman Tane (Te Kuiti), Noble Carroll, Bill Tauri, unidentified. Third row: Unidentified, Jack Tainui, unidentified, Jim Koti, J. J. Taha, Kiwa Pomare Hura, Joe Te Rangi (Chatham Islands), unidentified, Bill Rangitawa, Nelson Carroll, unidentified, Iriwhata (Ponchey) Hunter, Don Mitchell (Wairoa), Waki Lewis (Ngāti Kauwhata), William Heperi, Bill Iwihora, Tuakana (Tew) Nikora, John Rangi (Waitōtara), George (Old Horse) Martin, John (Swanne) Collins, Philip Parahi, Nirai Apatu, George Cook, Bob Ropiha, Tom Ormond (Māhia), unidentified, Taake Karetu, Jim Tahau. Second row: Bill Kurupo (Le Bas), Barney Kingi, Willy Tamaki, Te Raetea Kahu Paku, Felix Edwards, Boy Tamaki, Lemuel Mahanga (Wairoa, Hawke's Bay), Jim Roach, Walla West, Jack Rewiti, Bob Mangere, Jim Kihi (Ngāti Maniapoto), Willie Komene, Maurice Anderson, unidentified, Pat Wright, unidentified, Les Wipiti, Peter Tapine (Piha), Jim Bailey (Whanganui) or Boss Pineaha, Peter Tahatu, Joe Hiroti (Whanganui), Robert Fowler, Boyce Te Mana, Joe Manaena, John Parata (Pehi), Mat Bailey (Pūtiki). Front row: Hori Tauroa Roa, Fraser Goodnight, Paul Kurupo, Bill Tukere Te Anga, Dean (Hati) Paipa, Martin Murphy, George Te Hau, Bill Mohi, Jackson Martin, Tom Pitama (identified as Petaina), Rangi Logan, George Te Kuru, Teri Gilroy, Captain Ces Blomfield, Major Humphrey Dyer, Paul Te Punga, Wally McKay, Sergeant Ted Pohio, Whiti Mane (Hastings), Jerry Smith (Whanganui), Barney Manawatu, Stan Cooper, Tom Smiler, Stanley Rangi Martin, Sam Komene, Henry Skipper, George Turner, Howe Iwihora. 'Maori Battalion, D Company, Palmerston North’. Photograph by Richard John James Thomson, 1940. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PA.000038.
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/213178
Further Reference - D Company, 12th Reinforcements, 28th Māori Battalion. Names are listed from left to right in each row, as recorded on the 28 Māori Battalion website. Some identifications remain unconfirmed. Photograph: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PA.000044, as credited on the 28 Māori Battalion website. The website also gives PA.000035, but Te Papa catalogues that negative as ‘Maori Battalion, [G] Company’, photographed by Richard John James Thomson on 12 November 1943. The correct photograph reference and company identification require confirmation.
Back row: Unidentified, unidentified, possibly Williams, Sonny Karena (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Ray Wahapa, Des Wahapa, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Mike Bartlett, Reg Sciascia (unconfirmed), Koro Cunningham, Joe Cunningham (Darkie), unidentified, Dawson Kawana, unidentified, Don Te Hiko, Ned Lawton, unidentified, Boy Kemp, unidentified, Buck Robinson, Tom Power, Baldy Hauraki. Third row: Hohepa Nikora (unconfirmed), Cambridge Pani, Buller Mataira (Mathew), Bunny Mataira, Blue Te Hau, Taka Panere, James Maraki, Robinson (Wairoa), possibly Whai Robinson, Wattie Walker, Stokey Mita, Rangi-1 (unconfirmed), Rangi-2 (unconfirmed), Hop Te Kahu, Jim Morrel, Heremia (unconfirmed), unidentified, Boogie Morehu, Bully Ropiha (unconfirmed), Charly Sciascia, Tom Bartlett, Michael Bartlett, Tom Searancke, Petera Kaukau, unidentified, Boy Kemp, Jim Kupa, Derek Rangi Rohe, Cheetah Thomas Edwards, unidentified, Eru (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified. Second row: Unidentified, Smith (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, Peter Te Kanawa, Te Mari F (unconfirmed), Francis Te Maari, Harry Morgan (unconfirmed), Bill Waiwai (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, Charlie Hancy, Mihaere Kare Kare, Mick Fowler, Bill Waiwai (unconfirmed; also identified elsewhere in the photograph), unidentified, Paul Bishop, Moeawa Rongo, Henry Nehemia (Waihua), Robert Rule, unidentified, Peter Panapa, Peter Piwari, Slim Tihema, William Edwards, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified. Front row: Unidentified, unidentified, Edward Haronga, Edgar Smith (unconfirmed), Ben Ormond, George Niania, Kingi Matthews, Joe (unconfirmed), Paul Ropiha, unidentified, Ben Jones, Barney Lumsden, Sam Kereopa, unidentified, Maku Turei, Francis MacDonald, Tom Waerea (Mahuika), Bill Mohi, Ted Pohio, George Bertrand, Black Kapene, Goodwillie, Ted Nepia, Whitu Mitchell, Sol O'Carrol, Dennis Joe, Charley Whakatopi (unconfirmed), Hohipuha, Charlie Tanguru, George Gemmell, Brown (unconfirmed), Manuka Anderson (unconfirmed), Rangi Whaanga, John Seymour.
https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/zoomify/d-company-12th-reinforcements
Further Reference
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- 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 171 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 14: WW2 90 - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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.
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