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Frederick Kitchener Whitehead

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Pte # 33438 F K (FRED) WHITEHEAD 2nd NZEF - 25 BTN Died 39.5.2005 aged 88yrs & M J (MITZI) WHITEHEAD died 21.4.2012 aged 87yrs Both are buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatane Plot: Block RSA Ash Berm Plot 50

Frederick Kitchener WHITEHEAD

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick Kitchener AWMM
  • Surname
    Whitehead AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Fred AWMM
  • Service number
    33438 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    • b. 9th June 1916 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
    • b. 9th June 1916 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Place of birth
    • Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
    • Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Birth notes
    • Son of James Stephen & Sarah WHITEHEAD of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
    • Son of James Stephen & Sarah WHITEHEAD of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Address before enlistment
    • Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
    • Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S. Whitehead (mother), 41 Chalmers Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1946 Frederick Kitchener WHITEHEAD married Maria LAGLER Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage records
    • 1946 Frederick Kitchener WHITEHEAD married Maria LAGLER Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 August 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage records

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Bushman/Civilian AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 Escaped or evaded capture. Date Interrogated: 15.5.1945. W O Forms completed. AWMM
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Husband of Mitzi; father of Maria and Steve AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 May 2005 AWMM
    Whakatane, Eastern Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald AWMM
  • Memorial name
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Memorial

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  • Privates Geoffrey Desmond Whitehead and Frederick Kitchener Whitehead, formerly of Gisborne, are reported to be safe in Italy after their release from prison camps in Germany. They are brothers of Mr T Whitehead, Motu. and Mrs. N A Smith Cashmere Hills, Christchurch. Both the Whitehead boys have been held prisoners for approximately four years.
    REF: GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21729, 2 JUNE 1945, PAGE 6
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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. (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
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald 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
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of NZ Escapees and Evaders - 1 New Zealand Interrogation Section Book 1, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 (R25405144) AWMM

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10 August 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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