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Tutu White

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Pte # 39154 Tutu WHITE of Horoera 4th Reinforcements of the 28th Maori Battalion Wounded Once - (POW) Prisoner of War

Tutu WHITE

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tutu AWMM
  • Surname
    White AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    39154 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Horoera, Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Hine Tipiorangi (mother), Horoera, Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    39154 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Crete, Greece 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.
      2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Tutu WHITE was born 4th June 1920 and died in 1986 in N Z
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 August 2023
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  • Private Tutu White, who was taken prisoner in Greece and who is now in Germany, writes to his mother to say that they are being well treated
    REF: TE ARAROA NEWS - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20655, 5 JANUARY 1942, PAGE 3
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 August 2023
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Sources

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  • References
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. 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 510 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) p. 409 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

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01 August 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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