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Peter Jeffrey Freeth

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Peter Jeffrey AWMM
  • Surname
    Freeth AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Foxy AWMM
  • Service number
    447388 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 May 1923 AWMM Sydney, New South Wales AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 46 Hinau Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Journalist/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Freeth (mother), 46 Hinau Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    • France and Germany (TBC) AWMM
    • 1946-1948 British Commonwealth Occupational Force, Japan AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    447388 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Joan; father of Martin and Sally

    Came to New Zealand aged 9 years

    Worked as a journalist with the Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune and then the New Zealand Herald. Won numerous awards and study grants for journalism AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2001 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: New Zealand Herald, 20-21 April 2001, p. A26 portrait AWMM
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 33 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Obituary: New Zealand Herald, 20-21 April 2001, p. A26 portrait 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 - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245) AWMM
      p.63 AWMM

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