Henry Robson

Forenames

Henry AWMM

Surname

Robson AWMM

Service number

WWII 26016 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

28 Sept 1917 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Pukepoto, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs Waimate Robson (mother), Pukepoto, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 26016 AWMM

Military service

28 (Maori) Battalion, A Company AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 15 May 1940 AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Capture details

• WW2 POW - Crete AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag XX-A, Thorn, modern day Toruń, Poland AWMM

Medical notes

• 26 May 1941 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM
  Gunshot wound AWMM
• Unknown, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW2 19 Jul 1945 AWMM Private AWMM

Served in Egypt, Crete, Greece, and the United Kingdom. AWMM

Death

28 Jun 1948 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Unknown AWMM

Related objects

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
• 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

References

• 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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 408
• 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.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.