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Cenotaph record

John Templeton

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 10 September 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 10 September 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Templeton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    7227 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 December 1905 AWMM Kaiapoi, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Public Works Department, Hokitika, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Ruth Templeton (mother), 10 Cox Street, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    7227 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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 or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of wounds whilst a prisoner of war AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • John Templeton was the son of John and Ruth Templeton, of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

    Remembered on the Ashburton War Memorial. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 June 1941 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Greece, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM 8. B. 8. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Ashburton War Memorial, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM

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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/2240775
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 183 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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