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Norman Mai

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman AWMM
  • Surname
    Mai AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Norm AWMM
  • Service number
    49879 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Nov 1913 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Te Kowhai Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Te Kowhai Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr C.A. Mai (father), Te Kowhai Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr C.A. Mai (father), Te Kowhai Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    49879 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Barbara Melnia Mai (nee Till).

    Two sons, brothers Norman Mai (49879) and Wilton Mai (49878) signed up together and both served in the Pacific. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 September 1985 AWMM
    Age 73 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Hamilton Park Cemetery, 395 Morrinsville Road, Newstead, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM RSA Block 15 Plot 113 AWMM
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Memorials

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  • Norman Mai was my father. was stationed in Fiji c1942. His brother, Wilton Mai, also enlisted.
    He married Barbara Melina Mai (nee Till) in 1945. From 1948 to 1978 he worked for the New Zealand Railways. His last position was as a guard.

    They had four children.

    Valerie Norma Hoebergen (nee Mai) Deceased, Hamilton.

    Malcolm Russel Mai (Deceased) Hamilton

    Yvonne Betty Alexander (nee Mai) Taupo

    Bruce Frederick Mai, Stanmore Bay.
    Public - Bruce - Child - 11 October 2018
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 95 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 263 AWMM

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11 October 2018Bruce Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa, Auckland.Child

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