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John Reginald Blunden

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Reginald AWMM
  • Surname
    Blunden AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    19918 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
    Unknown AWMM Waikakahi RMD, Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J.A. Blunden (wife), Matewai, Grassey Hills, Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    19918 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Timaru, Canterbury 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Harold Ernest Blunden and of Henrietta Langton Blunden (nee Denshire); husband of Jean Anderson Blunden, of Grassey Hills, Canterbury

    Commended for Gallantry AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 January 1945 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM II. A. 17. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Jack, known as 'Mum' on account of him looking after the younger lads in his tank so well, was recounted by a friend and tank-mate from the 20th (Armoured) Regiment I interviewed. This man could could hardly hold the tears back as he recalled Jack having been killed.
    Public - Richard - Researcher - 13 January 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2206759
    Sources Used
  • References
    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 39 AWMM

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14 December 2021Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher
13 January 2016RichardUKResearcher

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