Dooley Swann

Forenames

Dooley AWMM

Surname

Swann AWMM

Also known as

Turi SWANN

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Service number

817655 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

25 January 1923

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Place of birth

Gisborne NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Matene Kaipau POTAHU & Harata Te Wharengaio SWANN

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr T. Swann (father), Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

817655 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Death

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I. B. 16. AWMM

Obituary

Swann, Pte. Dooley; father, Mr. T. Swann. Manutuke.

BEREAVEMENT NOTICE
Swann.— The family and relatives of the late Pte Dooley Swann, who was killed overseas wish to thank all kind friends, associations and churches for letters, telegrams and all messages of sympathy received during their recent sad loss.

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GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21598, 28 DECEMBER 1944, PAGE 6 &
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21611, 13 JANUARY 1945, PAGE 1

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237890
  Sources Used
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 14: WW2 95
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)