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Louis John Maioni Gordon

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Louis John Maioni AWMM
  • Surname
    Gordon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Lou Gordon AWMM
    • Buzz Gordon AWMM
  • Service number
    • 2/409783 AWMM
    • WWII 207853 AWMM
    • WWII 409783 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 April 1921 AWMM Carterton, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Paenga, Murchison AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • D.G. Gordon (father) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. N. Gordon, Paenga, Murchison (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Burnham, Trentham, Narrow Neck, Blenheim AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 14 October 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.154
    Age 20 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.154
    Nelson, Tasman 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.154
  • 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of D.G. Gordon and Nina Gordon

    Worked as a Labourer in farming, forestry and coalmines after the war AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand in the Korean War. New Zealand History online
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
    Further Reference
  • References
    • K-Force nominal roll : embarked for Korea on 'Ormonde' on 10 December 1950 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.154 AWMM

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