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Tuhaka Teihanga Babbington

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Dad had this photo taken in a studio for his mother.

Tukaka Teihinga (Sonny) Babbington

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tuhaka Teihanga AWMM
  • Surname
    Babbington AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Sonny AWMM
    • Tuhinga AWMM
  • Service number
    • 445856 AWMM
    • V34289 AWMM
    • Malaya 34289 AWMM
    • V34289 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 November 1922 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Tokomaru Bay Public - Jo - Child - 23 April 2020 - Birth Certificate in family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Care of M. Smith, Crownthorpe, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
    • Living with his whangai parents. Uncle Tu, was shepherding and Dad was working on the farm alongside him. Public - Jo - Child - 23 April 2020 - Family papers
  • Post war occupation
    Army Public - Jo - Child - 23 April 2020 - Period of regular service 9th January 1950 to 5th November 1972 - Source Dad's Certificate of Service in the New Zealand Army
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr T. McIlroy (uncle), PO Box 450, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Wounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM
    Wounded 1945 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Margaret, father of Sharyn, Joanne, Bruce.

    Served in Malaya 1957-1959. Source: New Zealand Malaya Veterans Association.

    Photo of WO2 T.T. Babbington in I.N.Z. Regiment, WOs & SGTs (Sabroan Camp, Taiping, Perak 1958 - 1959) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    6 August 2006 Cemetery Record
    Age 83 AWMM
    Papakura, Auckland Cemetery Record
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Papakura Cemetery, Great South Road, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Plot 25, Row A, Gatland Road Rsa Lawn AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: NZ Herald 8 August 2006 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • 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
      WW2 12: WW2 9 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
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      p.363; p.494 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM

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05 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
23 April 2020JoHampton Downs, New ZealandChild

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