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Thomas White

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Private Thomas White, who embarked with the 7th Reinforcements. He was wounded twice, invalided home and buried in New Zealand on 28/7/47.

Pte Thomas WHITE

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    White AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 67479 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
    WW2 Hicks Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs V. White (mother), Hicks Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 67479 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
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded 20 June 1942, 30 July 1942, 22 October 1942 and 4 November 1942 AWMM
    • Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of W. White and Violet White, of Hicks Bay, East Cape.

    Wounded 4 times and invalided home. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 July 1947 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hicks Bay Cemetery, East Cape, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • S0 sad my uncle i wish i had met you but i wasnt even a twinkle in my mum and dads eyes then. love you unkz give your brothers, (My dad Eru Te Pauhu, and uncle Mark a big fat kiss from me and my babies and mokoz xox
    Public - Isobel - Other relative - 4 January 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • 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 224 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
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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29 September 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
04 January 2016IsobelNelson, New ZealandOther relative

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