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Ben Api

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ben AWMM
  • Surname
    Api AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ben Api AWMM
  • Service number
    • 812926 AWMM
    • Korea 204038 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • 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 C/o D. Wrau, Tangowahine, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Korea Te Teke, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A. Maney (cousin), Pakotai, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • A Maori member of K-force, Driver Ben Api, of Pakotai, near Whangarei, who has been a member of the United Nations guard of honour in Korea, was present at the signing of the armistice at Panmunjom

    Service Number 204038 listed at Archives NZ AWMM

Death

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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 5 AWMM
    • Te Ao Hou AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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