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James Daniel Dempsey

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  • Service number
    23560 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Jim Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - Family information
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Daniel AWMM
  • Surname
    Dempsey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jim Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - Family information
  • Service number
    23560 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1914 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1914 Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  • Place of birth
    Wanganui, New Zealand Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  • Birth notes
    Son of James D Dempsey and Rose Cecilia Dempsey Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 43 Newton Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Driver; Saw Doctor Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - Electoral roll and Council cemetery information
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J.D. Dempsey (father), Ongarue, Main Trunk, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    23560 AWMM
  • Military 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 Truck Driver/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      13 December 1941 AWMM
      With 24 Battalion AWMM
    • WW2
      13 December 1941 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Salonike, Greece - VIII-B Lamsdorf, Germany 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.
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 33282 AWMM

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Jim Dempsey served in WWII (WW2 With 24 Battalion) and is believed to have been captured in Italy and was a POW. (13 December 1941)
    On returning to NZ after the war he married Ellie Thompson.
    They had an adopted daughter.
    He died on 22 December 1982 at the age of 68. At his funeral some fellow servicemen spoke of his bravery during the war, and that they owed their lives to him.
    He is buried in the Soldiers' section at Waikumete Cemetery (ashes buried). His wife's ashes are buried there too. Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - Family Information; Council records Waikumete Cemetery.
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Death

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  • Death
    22 December 1982 Public Source
  • Date of death
    22-Dec-1982 Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - Auckland Council Cemetery Records for Waikumete - http://waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/cemeterydetails.aspx?id=137324
  • Age at death
    68 Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - Auckland Council Cemetery Records for Waikumete - http://waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/cemeterydetails.aspx?id=137324
  • Place of death
    Auckland, New Zealand Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - Auckland Council Cemetery Records for Waikumete - http://waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/cemeterydetails.aspx?id=137324
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waikumete Cemetery Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - Auckland Council Cemetery Records for Waikumete - http://waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/cemeterydetails.aspx?id=137324
  • Grave reference
    SOLDIERS ASH BURIAL K Row 4a, Plot 240 Public - Lianne - Other relative - 16 June 2016 - Auckland Council Cemetery Records for Waikumete - http://waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/cemeterydetails.aspx?id=137324
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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
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. 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 120 AWMM
    • Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia. 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
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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16 June 2016Lianne Auckland, New ZealandOther relative

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