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Joseph Te Rauparaha Fenton

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Looking at Turkish shells in the Jordan Valley.

Joe Fenton (right)

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph Te Rauparaha AWMM
  • Surname
    Fenton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    34572 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    23 december 1909 Public - Kelly - Direct descendant - 3 March 2016 - This is my grandy i knew his birthday
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM King Edward Avenue, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Brought up in Pirongia Public - Kelly - Direct descendant - 3 March 2016 - Family
  • Post war occupation
    Carpenter Public - Vanessa Marie - Direct descendant - 20 June 2017 - Family history
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.J. Jennings (aunt), King Edward Avenue, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Wilhamina Wallace (McGregor) Fenton Public - Kelly - Direct descendant - 3 March 2016 - Married after war

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    34572 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 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

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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    • Father of John, Hilary, Arthur

      Lying in state at Papakura Marae AWMM
    • Burried at Manukau Lawns Public - Kelly - Direct descendant - 3 March 2016 - Personal

Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 August 2009 AWMM
    Age 99 AWMM
    Three Kings, Auckland City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Manukau Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium (Papatoetoe Cemetery), 357 Puhinui Road, Puhinui, Manukau City AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 August 2009

    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 27 August 2009 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • 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 148 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 August 2009 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 27 August 2009 AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
20 June 2017Vanessa MarieChristchurch, New ZealandDirect descendant
03 March 2016KellyEast Auckland New ZealandDirect descendant
09 February 2016ScottAuckland New ZealandOther relative

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