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James Edwards

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James Hutana Edwards 28th Maori Battalion

JH Edwards

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Edwards AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 25842 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    17 June 1917 Public - Donna - Child - 25 April 2019 - Oral Whanau History
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Putaruru, New Zealand AWMM
    • Te Waotu Public - Donna - Child - 25 April 2019 - Oral Whanau History
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr R. Edwards (father), Waotu R.D., Putaruru, 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 25842 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

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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  • You are always remembered and thought about daily xoxo.
    Public - Donna - Child - 25 April 2023
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  • Love you Koro GanGan, Moe Mai ra xox
    Public - Ataria - Direct descendant - 25 April 2020
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  • Ka Maumahara ….. miss you dad.
    Public - Donna - Other relative - 25 April 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • 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 106 AWMM
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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25 April 2023DonnaPutaruruChild
25 April 2020AtariaPapakura, AuckalndDirect descendant

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