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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Jack Whitiwhiti Brown

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jack Whitiwhiti AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Tiaki Whiti Whiti Brown AWMM
  • Service number
    26359 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
    Tainui AWMM
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 October 1911 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 23 July 1940 AWMM Scarborough Lane, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Scarborough Lane, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Waterside worker/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr Sailor Brown (father), Thames, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr Sailor Brown (father), Thames, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1 November 1940 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 22 November 1941 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
    26359 AWMM
  • Military service
    Territorials, Temporary Lance Corporal 3 years AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 11 inches AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded 26 June 1942; discharged from hospital 6 July 1942 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served in New Zealand 169 days

    Served overseas 3 years 273 days

    Total service 4 years 77 days

    Also named as Tiaki Whiti Whiti Brown by Archives New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 October 1987 AWMM
    Age 76 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Burial M Row 10 Plot 189 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
      Military Service Record 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 58 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 44 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
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