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William Augustine Priestley

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William Augustine (Bill) Priestley

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Augustine AWMM
  • Surname
    Priestley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    65317 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 April 1913 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    19th April 1913 Public - Merv - Other relative - 5 November 2017 - Priestley Family Website... https://sites.google.com/site/priestleyafamilyhistory/william
  • Place of birth
    47 Cochrane St,
    Gisborne,
    New Zealand Public - Merv - Other relative - 5 November 2017 - Priestley Family Website... https://sites.google.com/site/priestleyafamilyhistory/william
  • Birth notes
    Homebirth Public - Merv - Other relative - 5 November 2017 - Priestley Family Website... https://sites.google.com/site/priestleyafamilyhistory/william
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K.C. Priestley (mother), 47 Cochrane Street, Te Hapara, Gisborne, 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
    65317 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    18 August 1977 Public Source
  • Date of death
    18 August 1977 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 March 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    64yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 March 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 March 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 March 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block 38; Plot 486; Warrant # 27277 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 March 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
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  • Descendants of Māori Battalion soldiers 'overwhelmed' to learn they never received their war medals
    A list of 134 soldiers from the battalion's C Company has been published online, along with a call to their families to claim the medals on their behalf.
    The medals have been sitting in storage for the last 75 yrs.
    William Augustine Priestley fought in the Māori Battalion's C Company.
    Stephen Priestley, son of William Augustine Priestley, was overwhelmed to see his father's name on the list.
    When he was still alive I did ask him if he had his medals but he never ever answered me, he said.
    I just assumed, at that time, that he had been awarded his medals and he just had thrown them away. I felt very sad for my father, but very pleased that we will be able to get these taonga. They will be a remembrance to him.
    Priestley's father was a truck driver on the East Coast when he joined the army.
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 September 2022
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  • In loving memory of a dear uncle, your niece Robin
    Public - robin - Other relative - 24 April 2022
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Sources

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  • References
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • 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 288 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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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
29 September 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
24 April 2022robinKerikeriOther relative
09 November 2017MervNorthlandOther relative
01 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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