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Gordon John Mason

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon John AWMM
  • Surname
    Mason AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    619025 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 July 1921 AWMM Halcombe, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 27 June 1940 AWMM 18 Hamblyn Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    E.A. Mason (mother), 14 Hamblyn St, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 December 1942 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    619025 AWMM
  • Military service
    Territorials AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 27 June 1940 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Garage Assistant/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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 6 inches AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 December 1944 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM 20, Plot 4, Row B AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Gordon's father died in 1935. Which left Gordon as the only male in his family, He had six sisters none of whom had married when he went off to war. He was killed on the last Christmas Eve of WWII.

    Killed by shell exploding near the trench that he was digging WW2


    There is a lovely write up in a book of ex pupils of New Plymouth Boys High School who died overseas in WW2,
    Public - Margaret - Other relative - 25 April 2022
    Report 

Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237597
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.269 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2022MargaretNelsonOther relative
12 March 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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