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Arthur Ellis Kinsella

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Ellis AWMM
  • Surname
    Kinsella AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    21794 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    South Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 118 Richmond Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Politician/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J. Kinsella (father), Waikino, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    21794 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 School teacher/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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served overseas with the New Zealand Engineers until he was wounded and invalided home. (New Zealand Herald (Weekend edition) Obituary 13-14 March 2004)

    Elected to Parliament in 1954

    Represented the electorate of Hauraki from 1954 to 1969. He was Minister of Broadcasting from 1960 to 1963, Postmaster-General from 1961 to 1963, and Minister of Education from 1963 to 1969

    Educated in Waihi

    Bachelor of Arts from Victoria University

    Master degree from Auckland University AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    4 March 2004 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    New Zealand Weekend Herald 13-14 March 2004, page A27 ( this has a photograph of Arthur Kinsella ) AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    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.104 AWMM

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