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John Hallewell

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Portrait, Tel Aviv, August 1944 while on leave - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Tel Aviv, August 1944 while on leave - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Hallewell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jack Hallewell AWMM
  • Service number
    476015 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 December 1913 AWMM Vancouver, British Columbia AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jessie Hallewell (wife) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Italy AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    476015 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Training Course- Dannevirke AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Accounts Clerk/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Cerebral haemorrhage AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 3 children Judith (Hanna), Janet (Wills), Jocelyn (Parkinson)

    Last place in war was Trieste

    At the School of Instruction in Maadi he was an instructor in Camouflage

    Skilled in drawing and observation of natural history

    Helped build the Johnsonville RSA building

    First Secretary of the Johnsonville RSA AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 January 2001 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Karori Crematorium, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    'Engagements' Evening Post, 17 February 1937
    https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370217.2.154.1
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Second 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 12: 79 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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