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John Cunningham

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  • Service number
    65276 AWMM
  • Also known as
    John Lewis Cunningham Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-cunningham
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 28th Maori Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-cunningham
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Private John Lewis Cunningham # 65276 28 Maori Battalion

John Lewis Cunningham

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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1915 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1915 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Research
  • Place of birth
    Hawkes Bay NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Research
  • Birth notes
    son of Thomas Pura Cunningham & Te Paea Ataria nee' Rarere Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o W. Scott, Puha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr P. Cunningham (father), c/o Freezing Works, Hastings, 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
    • 28th Maori Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/john-cunningham
  • Service number
    65276 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Cemetery Record

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    29 May 1975 Public Source
  • Date of death
    29 May 1975 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Hastings Cemetery Record
  • Age at death
    60 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Hastings Cemetery Record
  • Place of death
    Hastings NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Hastings Cemetery Record
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Hastings Cemetery, HB, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Hastings Cemetery Record
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA; Plot E72 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 August 2015 - Hastings Cemetery Record
  • Obituary
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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 85 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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19 August 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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