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James Patrick Collier

  • Service number
    25830 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Jim Public - Juanah - Direct descendant - 21 April 2017 - family knowledge
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Mr Public - Juanah - Direct descendant - 21 April 2017 - family papers
  • Forenames
    James Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Collier AWMM
  • Ingoa
    Paratene Public - Juanah - Direct descendant - 21 April 2017 - family papers
  • Also known as
    Jim Public - Juanah - Direct descendant - 21 April 2017 - family knowledge
  • Service number
    25830 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs P. Collier (mother), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Julia Maud Collier (Wife) Public - Juanah - Direct descendant - 21 April 2017 - Family papers
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married Public - Juanah - Direct descendant - 21 April 2017 - Family papers

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    25830 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 - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland 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.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 5393 AWMM

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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  • This time of year, especially, is when I miss you terribly Big Jim. You really were my tower of strength. Much loved and dearly missed.
    Public - Juanah - Direct descendant - 21 April 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. 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
      WW2 3: WW2 93 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. 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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 June 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
21 April 2017JuanahIpswich, AustraliaDirect descendant

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