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Cenotaph record

Reginald Thomas Huff

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Reginald Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Huff AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Reg T. Huff AWMM
  • Service number
    36856 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 July 1922 AWMM Waverley, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 September 1940 AWMM Main Street, Waverley, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A. Huff (father), Main Street, Waverley, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 12 November 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    36856 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Trentham Camp AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Sep 1940 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
    Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Workcamp Barracone, Near Gruppignano, Italy AWMM
      Minqar Qa`im, Egypt AWMM
      26 June 1942 AWMM
      Wounded and a bit scared AWMM
    • WW2
      28 June 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag 357 (No. 2), Thorn, modern day Toruń, Poland 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 106, Vercelli, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 probably liberated 6th April 1945? 7004 Barum AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    139794 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Aged 18 years, 2 months at enlistment

    In a letter to the Armoury Manager dated 4 November 1998 Mr Reg Huff writes. 'If the Italians gave me a POW number, then has long been forgotten. The number 139794 was barked at me by a German officer, and from then on it seemed that I must never be allowed to forget it.'

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1998 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 May 2006 AWMM
    Maramarua, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 227 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM
    • Kittel, K. (2019). Shooting through : campo 106 escaped pows after the italian armistice. West Geelong, Victoria : Echo Books, 2019. AWMM

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