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Joseph Benjamin Mitai

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph Benjamin AWMM
  • Surname
    Mitai AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charlie Munn AWMM
  • Service number
    67676 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr B. Mitai (father), 218 Campbell Road, Green Lane, Auckland, 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
    67676 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.153 Bushman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.153
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.153
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

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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  • Handwritten note in Nominal Roll: Erratta Joseph Benjamin Mitai 67676 recorded on the 5th Nominal Roll as MUNN, Charlie 67676 AWMM

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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  • Ae tautoko to korero Sis our Dad indeed stood tall and proud as the magnificent Kauri, the strength of a pride of lions and an endless and enduring love for his whanau. Dad always looked forward to ANZAC Day, marching with his comrades, the catch-ups and how excited we were when we saw him marching so tall & proud. LOVE YOU DAD xox
    Public - Martena Maria - Child - 29 April 2015
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  • He stood as tall as a kauri tree he had the strength of a lion and he had a heart full of love for all his children and his most beautiful and precious wife. Thinking of you always dad and missing you more and more as the years roll on and thinking of all the times we had together on ANZAC DAY both happy and sad memories, and the good moments we had at the 28th Maori Battlion Reunions. magical times
    Public - Serena - Sibling - 29 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 153 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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29 April 2015Martena MariaNew ZealandChild
29 April 2015SerenaAustraliaSibling

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