Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Clarence Juna Victor Balzer Born 1919 - Died 18 January 1990 PDF Key details Service number65181 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Image of Gravestone at Rotorua Cemetery provided by Paul Baker February 2013 - This image may be sub … Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesClarence Juna Victor AWMM SurnameBalzer AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number65181 AWMM GenderMale AWMM IwiIwi Māori AWMM Hapū WakaTe Arawa AWMM Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth1919 AWMM Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationSalesman/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs Ellen Balzer (mother), Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number65181 AWMM Military service2nd Maori Battalion Nom Roll. 2nd Maori Battalion Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Second Lieutenant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Ellen Tuparahaki Balzer (nee Hunt) and Walter Gordon Balzer (24549) of Whakarewarewa, Rotorua.Raised by his mother, Ellen from an early age.Three sons, brothers Aubrey Huia Balzer (275754); Clarence Juna Victor Balzer (65181); and Oswald Kenneth Balzer (445107) kia, served in WW2.Names and order spelled variously on records as June; Clarence Victor Juna. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death18 January 1990 AWMM Age 70 AWMM Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryRotorua Cemetery and Crematorium, 160 Sala Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM Block 6 Section RSA Plot 180A AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Clarence Juna Victor Balzer by laying a poppy. William Amos Balsom Aubrey Huia Balzer Clarence Juna Victor Balzer Oswald Kenneth Balzer Walter Gordon Balzer Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Clarence Juna Victor Balzer Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksRotorua District cemetery records http://www.rdc.govt.nz/our-services/cemetery-services/Onlincemeterysearch/Pages/default.aspx Sources Used 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945 http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/ Sources Used 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945 http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/ Sources Used 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. Personal page http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/soldier/clarence-juna-balzer Further Reference Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.htm Further Reference Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/ Further Reference DocumentsSecond New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 11: WW2 9 AWMM Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. 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. 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