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Arthur Isaac James

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Portrait, WW2, standing in front of a tent (kindly provided by family) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Isaac AWMM
  • Surname
    James AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Aussie James AWMM
  • Service number
    30439 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Papakura AWMM
    • Trentham AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Labourer/Civilian 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
    • Other, Unknown Period AWMM
      Spectacles AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Perforated Ear Drums AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Back Injury AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Bone Cancer & Heart Failure AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Family think he left for the war from Wellington on the Empress of Britain.

    Arthur was cremated and his ashes were scattered on the rose gardens of the Soldiers' Cemetery. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 July 1989 AWMM
    Age 77 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Waikumete Crematorium, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Ashes scattered soldiers section AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 8 & 10 July 1989 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Correspondence with family AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 8 & 10 July 1989 AWMM
    • 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
      p.95 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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