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Kenneth Andrew Borrows

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Headstone, Wellsford Cemetery (photo J. Halpin 2011) - This image may be subject to copyright

Headstone, Wellsford Cemetery (photo J. Halpin 2011) - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kenneth Andrew AWMM
  • Surname
    Borrows AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    44140 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    • 19 April 1919 Public - Robyn - Child - 24 March 2017 - Family oral history
    • 19 December 1919 Public - Robyn - Child - 24 March 2017 - Family oral history - correction to previous date
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Tomarata, RD, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Tomarata RD, Wellsford, North Auckland, New Zealand Public - Robyn - Child - 24 March 2017 - Family oral history
  • Post war occupation
    Dairy Farmer Public - Robyn - Child - 24 March 2017 - Family oral history
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs D. Borrows (mother), Tomarata, RD, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Single Public - Robyn - Child - 24 March 2017 - Family oral history

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    44140 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Dairy farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Alisa (Pat)

    Member of Wellsford RSA

    The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (RSA) membership card is held by the Albertland & Districts Museum. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 April 1994 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wellsford Cemetery, 80 School Road, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM Returned Servicemen's Section, Block 1 Row B Plot 49 Seq 1 Burial AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • This amazing selfless man was my father. Thanks to my grandmother who kept many of her son's letters, I am getting an amazing insight into my father's life in the army, starting with training at the Maadi camp in Egypt, and then in Italy and elsewhere.
    Public - Robyn - Child - 24 March 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 26 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice AWMM
    • Wellsford Cemetery, 80 School Road, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 506 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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22 July 2017RobynMangawhai HeadsChild

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