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Ivan Arthur King Pierce Young

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ivan Arthur King Pierce AWMM
  • Surname
    Young AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    16216 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 January 1914 AWMM Cambridge, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of birth
    31 January 1914 Public - Robyn - Direct descendant - 26 February 2016 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    Cambridge, New Zealand Public - Robyn - Direct descendant - 26 February 2016 - Birth Certificate
  • Birth notes
    Adopted 31 July 1920 Public - Robyn - Direct descendant - 26 February 2016 - Birth Certificate
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Mrs H. Brandon, Main Road, Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.W. Young (wife) C/o Mrs H. Brandon, Main Road, Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    26 January 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    16216 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 23 May 1940 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Height, WWII AWMM
      5ft 5.5in AWMM
    • Complexion, WWII AWMM
      Natural AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Hazel AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWII AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Forest and Ellen Young, of Auckland; husband of Mary Winifred Young, of Wingatui, Otago, New Zealand

      Ivan's daughter was born in Nelson on 1 February 1941 the day of his embarkation. AWMM
    • Son of James King Peirce and Laura Frances Wakefield, Ivan was born in Cambridge on 31 January 1914 and named Ivan Arthur King Peirce. James died 29 Nov 1916 and Laura 22 Nov 1918. Ivan was then adopted by his maternal Aunt Ellen Wakefield and her husband Forest Young. They added their surname to his birth name. Public - Robyn - Direct descendant - 26 February 2016 - Original birth certificate issued 20 March 1914 and adoptive birth certificate issued 31 Jul 1920.
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Death

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  • Death
    28 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia. AWMM

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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/2633385
    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
      WW2 3: WW2 530 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 February 2016RobynDunedin, New ZealandDirect descendant

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