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Edward Brownie Jones

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Pte # 817617 Edward Brownie (Nani) JONES of Te Karaka 12th Reinforcements of the 28th Maori Battalion

Edward JONES

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Brownie AWMM
  • Surname
    Jones AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Nani AWMM
  • Service number
    817617 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
    Unknown AWMM Te Karaka, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R. Jones (mother), Te Karaka, 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
    817617 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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Drowning AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Also known as Nani, as recorded in Souter (2008). Biographical information from whanau commenting on 28th Maori Battalion website AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1977 AWMM
    Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 50 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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