Rangipuatea Jerome Parkinson Parkinson
Born 8 Jun 1924 - Died 2003
- Service number
- 802123 AWMM
- Also known as
- Jerome Harry Parkinson AWMM
- Harry Parkinson AWMM
- Jerry AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Rangipuatea Jerome Parkinson AWMM
- Surname
- Parkinson AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Jerome Harry Parkinson AWMM
- Harry Parkinson AWMM
- Jerry AWMM
- Service number
- 802123 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 8 Jun 1924 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 02 Feb 1942 AWMM Lower Waiawa, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs H. Parkinson (mother), Otira, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 1944 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
- Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
- Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
- Italy AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 802123 AWMM
- Military service
- 2nd Maori Battalion AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Italy Star AWMM
- Defence Medal AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Papakura Military Camp AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 02 Feb 1942 AWMM
Age 18 AWMM
Farm hand/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
- more like 15 or 16Public - Vallon Roe - Child - 10 September 2016 - Dad told me his brother Jules Verne pinched his call up papers because he was older than Dad & hadn't received his papers! Jules(Jerry) stood on a mine in north Africa & lost part of his leg close to his 18th birthday
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW2 1 Jun 1946 AWMM Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Frederick and Lucy (nee Kahoro) Parkinson
Brothers Jules Verne (Jeromi) Parkinson (67603) and Rangipuatea Jerome (Harry) Parkinson (802123) served with the Maori Battalion
Notes sent in by family record that : Maori Battalion, Ohaeawai from Lynton to Whenuapai to Fiji to Ohakea. Regiment: Hauraki
Transferred from 42nd Reinforcements to the Maori Battalion 1 April 1943
Posted to to 9th 1944 served 2-5 months in Fiji
Served with 13th reinforcements 28th Maori Battalion transferred back to army 9th ? 1944 Trentham Camp
November 1944 - Egypt, Maadi Camp emabrked on Donnotier castle ship,1st January 1945 for Italy
Italy, Faenza camp, front line Semio river, Combard Plains, Po River
Returned to New Zealand on the Dominion Monarch
Enlisted as Harry. More commonly known in the Maori Battalion as Jerry AWMM - Mother's name is Lucy Kahoro Parkinson (nee Maaka).
Brothers who served in World War II were Jules Verne Parkinson and Foch Marshall ParkinsonPublic - Coralie - Other Relative - 2 March 2015 - Family knowledge
- Son of Frederick and Lucy (nee Kahoro) Parkinson
About death
- Death
- 2003 AWMM
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Memorial
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Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Sources Used - Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
Further Reference - Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
Further Reference
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- References
- Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
Correspondence - 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.
WW2 14: WW2 76 - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum.
- Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum.
- Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
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