Identity
Title
Forenames
John David Atirau AWMM
Surname
Asher AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
800851 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Unknown AWMM Tokaanu, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Mrs P. Asher (mother), Tokaanu, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Pre 21 July 1943
AWMM Single AWMM
Service
Capture details
- WW2
18 February 1944 AWMM - WW2 POW - Stalag VII-A Moosburg (Isar), Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
WWII 130635 AWMM
Death
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
Roll of Honour
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John was my sisters birth father. Rita Josephine. Known as Jo. My mother met him whilst working for his father in Tokaanu after the war.
I corresponded with him for a couple of years in the 80's to reconnect him with my sister.
He was an extremely humble and kind man.
Public - Maria - Friend - 24 January 2016
Sources
External links
Documents
- List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
p.8 AWMM - Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
- Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
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Date | Name | Location | Relationship | Contact |
24 January 2016 | Maria | Australia | Friend |
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