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Ephraim Jack Prime

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E.J Prime 1943c

E.J Prime

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ephraim Jack AWMM
  • Surname
    Prime AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jack AWMM
  • Service number
    802147 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
    Tainui AWMM
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 October 1911 AWMM Mangakahia, Northland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Selwyn House, Mt. St. John Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Prime (wife), Rutland Road, Patea, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1944 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 3 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Papakura AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Butcher/Civilian AWMM
    Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded in ankle from mortar shell, went to hospital at Barlette, later sent home AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Respiratory failure AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private
    Enlisted as Sergeant but lost stripes due to being in a fight with American soldiers Public - Sam - Other relative - 19 April 2017 - Family papers

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father Haami Prime, mother Maata Tamati Ruarangi Prime (nee Poa).

    Wife: Josephine Wata Taiaroa

    Moved to Taranaki around 1919, lived at Moturoa

    Trained at Papakura before being sent overseas. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 January 1977 AWMM
    Age 65 AWMM
    Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hawera Cemetery, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM RSA Block LXXVII. Plot 56 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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 157 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family 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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19 April 2017SamHamiltonOther relative

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