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John Pomare Horsfall

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Lance Corporal John Horsfall, who embarked with the 10th Reinforcements

Lance Corporal John Horsfall

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Pomare AWMM
  • Surname
    Horsfall AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 801981 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    16 August 1922 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 October 2022 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218932993/john-pomare-horsfall
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 October 2022 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218932993/john-pomare-horsfall
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM Tangihanga Station, Ormond, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs M.P. Horsfall (mother), Patutahi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

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  • Medals and Awards

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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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    1 March 1987 Public Source
  • Date of death
    1 March 1987 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Gisborne Herald 4 March 1987
  • Age at death
    64yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Gisborne Herald 4 March 1987
  • Place of death
    Napier, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Gisborne Herald 4 March 1987
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waerenga a hika Urupā, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 October 2022 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218932993/john-pomare-horsfall
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    HORSFALL, John Pomare - 28th Maori Battalion C Coy 2nd WW. On March 1 1987, (suddenly) at Napier. Beloved father of Jacci Paenga (Gisborne), Ann (Auckland), Nen (Auckland) & grandfather of Many, aged 64yrs. may he rest in peace Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Gisborne Herald 4 March 1987
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Sources

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    • 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 93 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
    • Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM

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28 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
07 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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