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John Morton Bassett

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Morton AWMM
  • Surname
    Bassett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mort Public - Max - Other Relative - 15 July 2015 - family
  • Service number
    13886 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • John Bassett was the son of John Bassett and of Anne Eliza Bassett (nee Penny), of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXVIII. A. 19. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Remembering our family loss now in 2018, Seb and Genevieve
    Public - Genevieve Camille - Direct descendant - 16 April 2018
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  • Thank You Where you are resting now is a lot more peaceful and relaxing then what you would have had to witness.
    Public - Darby - Other relative - 24 December 2015
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  • Shame we never got to meet you! Grace (Victoria) Bassett (Great niece)
    Public - Victoria Maree - Direct descendant - 24 December 2015
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  • thanks for doing what u did
    Public - Darby - Other Relative - 23 May 2015
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  • He seems like he was cool.
    Public - Max - Other Relative - 23 May 2015
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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2092208
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 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
      p.30 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.17 AWMM
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
16 April 2018Genevieve CamilleAucklandDirect descendant
24 December 2015Victoria MareeIsland Bay, Wellington Direct descendant
24 December 2015DarbyAucklandOther relative
15 July 2015MaxAuckland, NZOther Relative
23 May 2015MaxAuckland, NZOther Relative

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