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Arthur Frederick Somme Feasey

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Portrait, reported missing, presumed dead from The Weekly News; 13 August 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Frederick Somme AWMM
  • Surname
    Feasey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    6728 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 November 1916 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 February 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of Richard Gazey & Aileen FEASEY Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 February 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Bartletts, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr R.G. Feasey (father), Bartletts, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 2 May 1940 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1948 Arthur F S FEASEY married Colleen Moyra KELLY Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 February 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6728 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Crete, Greece AWMM
      1941 AWMM
      Battle for Crete AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, 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.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number
    WWII 7493 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 July 2004 AWMM
    Papatoetoe, Manukau AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Manukau Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium (Papatoetoe Cemetery), 357 Puhinui Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland AWMM Retur-Plot-1538 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Private Arthur Frederick Somme Feasey, of Bartletts, Gisborne, was presumed killed in action. He actually survived the war as a POW for 4 years in Germany and Poland, finally escaping through Odessa.
    Refer:- Auckland Weekly News, 13 August 1941, p.27
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 February 2024
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Sources

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  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 60 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
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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25 February 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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