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Keith Lewis Newth

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Keith Lewis Newth

Keith Lewis Newth

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Keith Lewis AWMM
  • Surname
    Newth AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    8420 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Belgrove, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A.W. Newth (father), Wakefield, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 31 March 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Sidi Rezegh AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    8420 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Bus Driver/Civilian AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Sidi Rezegh, Western Desert AWMM
    • WW2
      1 August 1943 AWMM
    • WW2
      13 December 1941 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany 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 - Military Hospital 204, Altamura, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
    • WW2 POW - Italy WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
    • WW2 POW - Military Hospital 204, Altamura, Italy AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 5 January 1945 AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 127620 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Suffered a broken arm at Sidi Rezegh and was taken to an Italian hospital in Derna. An Italian doctor set the bones and he was transferred to Bari Hospital on the Hospital Ship Cecilla. From there transferred to Piacenza Hospital where his arm was rebroken and reset (with anaesthetic as they had none). After this he was moved to Campo 57 Udine. Returned to hospital at Altamura, then back to POW camp. AWMM
    • Notes should be amended to 'without anaesthetic ...' Public - Wayne Laurence - Child - 10 February 2022 - From oral family history. My father had told me about his POW life (albeit rather briefly) and it was also mentioned by an RSA representative at his funeral.

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Keith Newth arrived back in New Zealand on 21 April 1945. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
    Sources Used
  • References
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.133 AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 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
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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10 February 2022Wayne LaurenceWellington, New ZealandChild

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