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Charles Atta

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Pte # 38207 Charles ATTANZ INFANTRYDied 26-10-1947He is buried in the Tokomaru Bay (Ongaruru) CemeteryPlot D 67

Charles ATTA

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Atta AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    30287 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1915 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194480212/charles-atta
  • Place of birth
    Tokomaru Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194480212/charles-atta
  • Birth notes
    Son of Dick Tekua and Emma White (nee' Dix) of Tokomaru Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 August 2023 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194480212/charles-atta
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Jackson, Huiarua Station, Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W. Gerrard (uncle), Tokomaru Bay, 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
    30287 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 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland 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
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 7918 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

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
    26 October 1947 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Cook Hospital, Gisborne Public - Terry - Researcher - 6 February 2021 - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19471030.2.77?items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=tokomaru+bay+cemetery&snippet=false&sort_by=byDA
  • Cause of death
    • Killed on Active Service AWMM
    • Illness, in New Zealand Public - Terry - Researcher - 6 February 2021 - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19471030.2.77?items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=tokomaru+bay+cemetery&snippet=false&sort_by=byDA
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Tokomaru Bay, East Coast Public - Terry - Researcher - 6 February 2021 - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19471030.2.77?items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=tokomaru+bay+cemetery&snippet=false&sort_by=byDA
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    He enlisted in WW2 and went overseas with the Maori Battalion. He was taken prisoner and spent nearly 3 years in a German POW camp. Since returning to New Zealand he suffered considerably, being an inmate of the hospital on several occasions. He was accorded a Military Funeral. Public - Terry - Researcher - 6 February 2021 - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19471030.2.77?items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=tokomaru+bay+cemetery&snippet=false&sort_by=byDA
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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 11 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
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
11 August 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
06 February 2021TerryWellington New ZealandResearcher

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