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Harper Mervyn Bongard

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Portrait, Weekly News, 7 July 1943 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News, 7 July 1943 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harper Mervyn AWMM
  • Surname
    Bongard AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    74591 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 June 1918 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608) Leeston, Canterbury RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr Stanley Bongard (father), Leeston, North Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Bongard of Leeston AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Unknown Prisoner of War Camp POW Deaths (R25405152)
      Far East AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Glodok Prison, Batavia, Jakarta, Indonesia Chris Brooks POW research
    • WW2 POW - Singapore, Singapore Chris Brooks POW research
    • WW2 POW - Hakodate, Japan Chris Brooks POW research
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died while prisoner of war AWMM
    • 1 March 1943 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Probably captured March 1942 AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Stanley Bongard and of Hilarie Evelyn Bongard (nee Lepper), of Leeston, Canterbury

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

    Attended Southbridge District High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 January 1943 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Hakodate, Japan AWMM
  • Date of death
    9 December 1942 Public - John - Researcher - 14 July 2022 - BDM 1945/51027
  • Age at death
    21 Public - John - Researcher - 14 July 2022 - BDM 1945/51027
  • Place of death
    Hakodate, Japan Public - John - Researcher - 14 July 2022 - BDM 1945/51027
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan AWMM Brit. Sec. C. A. 6. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The Evening Post AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743) AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions. AWMM
    • Information on Japanese-run internment (prisoner of war) camps was kindly provided by Chris Brooks. More than 350 Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps were run throughout the "Far East" during World War II. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Deceased New Zealanders (Formerly) serving with RAF [Royal Air Force]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845760). AWMM

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