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James Alfred Choat

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Jim Choat

Jim Choat

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Choat AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    28291 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM F.A.C. Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W.F. Choat (father), 55 Selkirk Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 11 November 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 September 2007 New Zealand Herald
    Age 91 AWMM
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty New Zealand Herald
  • Date of death
    02-11-2007 Public - Sue - Sibling - 19 June 2016 - Family Papers
  • Age at death
    90 Public - Sue - Sibling - 19 June 2016 - Family Papers
  • Place of death
    Tauranga Public - Sue - Sibling - 19 June 2016 - Family Papers
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Pyes Pa Memorial Park Public - Sue - Sibling - 19 June 2016 - Family Papers
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Name is recorded in December 2007 issue of 24 Battalion magazine AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-24Ba.html
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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 84 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 65 AWMM
    • Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia. AWMM
    • 24 N.Z. Infantry Battalion Association [newsletter]. Auckland, N.Z.: The Association. AWMM
      December 2007, Issue 151 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      3/01/2007 AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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19 June 2016SueTauranga NZSibling

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