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Kenneth James Hollyman

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Excerpt from Waiouru 4th Div Manoeuvres MMG Platoon attached 2W/n 7 Brigade

Waiouru 1943 Machine Gun Crews

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kenneth James AWMM
  • Surname
    Hollyman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    434771 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 January 1922 AWMM Te Aro, Wellington Public source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 17 Koromiko Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 17 Koromiko Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Lecturer, Teacher/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs E. Hollyman (mother), 17 Koromiko Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs E. Hollyman (mother), 17 Koromiko Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    434771 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 Student/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married twice, husband of Miriam and later of Jeanette; father of Michael, Bob, and Claire
    Overseas Service included :
    1943 26 Apr Age: 21 New Caledonia and Guadal Canal
    26 Apr 1943-22 Aug 1944 in the Pacific
    14 May 1945-10 Feb 1946 Far East Rank reduced to T/Cpl arrive in Egypt aboard HMT91 for role in School of Military Intelligence at Maadi Camp.
    (Information provided by family sources.)

    Lecturer, Teacher, published author of Polynesian research in French and English
    He was of small stature with height on enlistment to NZDF 5'8" - Medium build, hazel eyes and brown hair. Jim played half back in the Welllington College Rugby XV.
    He attended Wellington College, was an excellent student being awarded Proxime Accessit to Dux in December 1938.


    In 1947 Sep — Age:25 he sailed for Paris with wife and son Michael to take up scholarship awarded from the Sorbonne University in Paris. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    25 August 2004 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
    Okoroire, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • 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 11: WW2 61 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 67 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 May 2015MichaelAustraliaOther Relative
16 March 2015Michael JamesMelborne, Victoria, AustraliaChild

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