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Hugh Cecil Withers

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Plan of Yokohama War Cemetery - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Withers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 654358 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
    90 Botanical Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mr A.A. Devantier (foster father), 90 Botanical Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    1946-1948 British Commonwealth Occupational Force, Japan AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 654358 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of George Henry and Margaret Elizabeth Withers, foster son of Mr A Devantier (or Divantur), of Palmerston North. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 September 1947 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Japan, Asia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan AWMM NZ Sec. Plot D Row D Grave 6 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Pointer, M. (2008). Commonwealth War Graves, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Japan: the New Zealand Connection. Tokyo, Japan. Unpublished paper. AWMM
    • 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 146 AWMM
    • Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 80.01 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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