Monty Searancke

Born 6 September 1921

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 February 2016 - Research

Service number: 802522 AWMM
Also known as: Monty Te Uaki Searancke
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 February 2016 - Research
Armed force / branch: Army AWMM
Last rank: —
War: World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM

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Monty Searancke — WWI Roll of Honour (Huriama to Te Runga). Ko tēnei pou kara i whakatūria e Ngā Maniapoto hei tohu mō te whakanui me te manaaki me te mihi a ngā iwi ki ngā tamariki o tēnei karangatanga i haere, i mate atu ki te pakanga nui o te ao. [This flagpole was erected by Ngā Maniapoto as a symbol of honour, care, and acknowledgement from the people to the children of this kin-group who went to war and who died in the Great War.] WWII Roll of Honour, He tohu whakamāharatanga – 2nd NZEF WW2. Te Tokanganui-a-Noho, Te Kūiti (15 November 2025). © Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira All Rights Reserved

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External links: Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
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J Force. Major Monty Serancke and D Squadron. A greeting recorded by Monty Te Uaki Searancke in Japan in 1946 can be found on Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's online catalogue (ID: 9393)
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/
Further Reference
28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference
Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
Further Reference
J Force Wikipedia Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
Further Reference
Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
Further Reference
Johnston, S. (2025, August 11). Voices of J Force: Recordings of New Zealanders in post-war Japan. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/explore-stories/stories/new-zealand-history/voices-of-j-force-recordings-of-new-zealanders-in-post-war-japan/
Further Reference
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.
WW2 12: WW2 173
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 16: WW2 118
Turner, A. (1982). Turner Reunion 9th -11th April 1982. Hangatiki, N.Z.: Sutherland Print.
Photo in Turner Reunion 9th - 11th April 1982 Book, p. 28.
Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.

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