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Morgan Romeo Babbington

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BABBINGTON REUNITED AGAIN MORGAN ROMEO J FORCE 806472 23/06/1927-21/01/2010 REST IN PEACE WAIREMANA TE MAHUE (NEE BROWN) 18/01/1927-06/02/2017 A BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT FREE AT LAST FROM ALL HER RESTRICTIONS WE LOVE YOU MUM FOREVER ALBERT, IRWIN, GAE, SHONA AND JANINE Both are buried in the Tokomaru Bay Cemetery Blk 49 Plot 426

Morgan Babbington

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Morgan Romeo AWMM
  • Surname
    Babbington AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 806472 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 July 1928 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Unknown AWMM 22 Norman Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs H. Babbington (mother), 22 Norman Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    Jayforce Unknown AWMM Driver/Military AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    1 January 2010 AWMM
    Age 81 AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Road, Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM Block 39 Plot 462 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 7 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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28 June 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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