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Charles Fox

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel F_010. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel F_010. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Fox AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    39769 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1913 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1913 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Research
  • Place of birth
    Waiapu, East Coast, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Research
  • Birth notes
    Charles Fox was the son of Whare Kahika Fox and Wikitoria Fox, of Hicks Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Hicks Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W. Fox (father), Hicks Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    39769 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Charles Fox was the son of Whare Kahika Fox and Wikitoria Fox, of Hicks Bay

    28 (Maori) Battalion, Main Body AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Research
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Advice has been received by their next of kin that Privates I. Puketapu, R. Ngatoro, C. Fox and G Hooper have been killed in action in the Libyan campaign. Privates Puketapu, Ngatoro, and Fox went away with the Maori Battalion and all escaped from Greece and Crete Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 August 2023 - TE ARAROA NEWS
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20655, 5 JANUARY 1942, PAGE 3
  • Memorial name
    Hinerupe Marae War Memorial at Te Araroa Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. 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
      WW2 2: WW2 65 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM

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01 August 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
30 December 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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