Jack Robin

Forenames

Jack AWMM

Surname

Robin AWMM

Also known as

John AWMM

Service number

39611 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1915

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Birth notes

Son of Jack and Eva Robin, of Te Araroa,

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

R. Haerewa (cousin), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

39611 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Capture details

• WW2 POW - Crete AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
• 5 Aug 1945 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Accident. AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Son of Jack and Eva Robin, of Te Araroa

Named John in Soutar (2008) and Jack on the Nominal Roll and CWGC AWMM

Death

8 May 1945 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Obituary

Died on Active Service While a. Prisoner of War—Previously a Prisoner of War Robin, Pte. Jack, Te Araroa.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 August 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21769, 19 JULY 1945, PAGE 6

Memorial name

• Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM
• 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

• 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
  Sources Used
• 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/2629624
  Sources Used
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference

References

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• 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.
  WW2 2: WW2 158
• 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.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.