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John Thomas Leuty

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Blockhouse Bay Primary School Memorial plaque (photo John Halpin 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

Blockhouse Bay Primary School Memorial plaque (photo John Halpin 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Leuty AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    60294 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Laingholm, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Alice Leuty (mother), Laingholm, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 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
    60294 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • John Leuty was the son of Edgar Mawson Leuty and Alice Leuty, Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Aboard the SS Chakdina when it was torpedoed and sunk in 3 and a half minutes at 9pm on the eve of D Public - Megan Katherine - Other Relative - 23 April 2015 - * - Lost on Chakdina - File WO 361/131 UK Archives
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
    • Memorial plaque, Blockhouse Bay Primary School, 584 Blockhouse Bay Road, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Blockhouse Bay Primary School, 584 Blockhouse Bay Road, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • 500 South Titirangi Road, Titirangi, Auckland AWMM

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  • To my Great Uncle Jack, remembering your sacrifice at 21 years of age, only 5 years older then me, to the life that you lost and all the opportunities that you missed out on because of it. Love from Megan
    Public - Megan Katherine - Other Relative - 23 April 2015
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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/2123364
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 203 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 June 2022KylieRuawaiOther relative
23 April 2015Megan KatherineNew Zealand920Other Relative

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