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Donald Smith Hume

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald Smith AWMM
  • Surname
    Hume AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 20525 AWMM
    • NZD622 AWMM
    • 622 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 September 1908 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 9 December 1939 AWMM Care of Post Office, Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Linesman/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S.J. Hume (wife), Care of Post Office, Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 May 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM
    2nd Embarkation AWMM

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 7.5 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded in action 27 October 1942 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    14 May 1997 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
    Age 88 AWMM
    Whakatane, Eastern Bay of Plenty 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rotorua Cemetery and Crematorium, 160 Sala Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • 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. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 unknown page AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM

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