Philemon Matthews

Forenames

Philemon AWMM

Surname

Matthews AWMM

Also known as

• Pirimona Matiu AWMM
• Philemon Bene Matthews AWMM
• Philemona Ben Matthews AWMM

Service number

811779 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

6 Sept 1923 AWMM
New Zealand AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Cambridge Road, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Waterside worker/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs K.E. Matthews (mother), Cambridge Road, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

811779 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• Jayforce Trooper Nominal rolls J-Force (R22440245) 2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, D Squadron Nominal rolls J-Force (R22440245) British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan, Main Body AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Listed at Archives New Zealand, probates as MATTHEWS Philemon Bene aka MATIU Pirimona - Tauranga - Watersider. Listed as Philemona Ben Matthews by BDM, deaths. AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
  Further Reference
• J Force Wikipedia Page
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
  Further Reference
• Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
  Further Reference

References

• Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 15: WW2 97
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
  p.76
• Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
• Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.