Jack Thomas Mason Hayward

Died 30 April 1942

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Service number
WWII W/3731 AWMM
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Navy AWMM
Last rank
Able Seaman/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve AWMM
War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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Headstone, Kranji War Cemetery. (photo P. Lascelles, 2008) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Jack Thomas Mason AWMM
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Hayward AWMM
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WWII W/3731 AWMM
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Male AWMM
Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Armed force / branch
Navy AWMM
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WWII W/3731 AWMM
Military service
HMS ML310 AWMM
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- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

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WW2 Able Seaman/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) AWMM

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WW2 POW - Tjebia Island Camp Chris Brooks POW research
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Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Died from blackwater fever. AWMM

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Able Seaman/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve AWMM

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Son of Leonard Joseph and Stella Beatrice Hayward, of Wellington AWMM

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30 April 1942 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Tjeba Island, Singapore AWMM
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Killed on Active Service AWMM
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Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore AWMM 31. D. 1-17. Collective Grave AWMM
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External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2228391
  Sources Used
- Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
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References
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

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