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Gerald McNaughton Chong

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Private G. McN. Chong - Military Medal. Archives New Zealand FL20418831. No known copyright.

Private G. McN. Chong - Military Medal. Archives New Zealand FL20418831. No known copyright.

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gerald McNaughton AWMM
  • Surname
    Chong AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 3/2158 AWMM
    • WWII 2/22/20 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 March 1896 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Elizabeth Chong (mother), Vogeltown, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 May 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Elizabeth and Chew.

    Husband of Ethel Maud Chong nee Meads, married 1926.

    Two sons, brothers served in WW1: Wilfred Howard Chong (25/1690) and Gerald McNaughton Chong (3/2158 2/22/20). Gerald also served in WW2.

    Of Chinese descent. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    Dec 1982 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      33: 24 AWMM
    • Kennedy, A. (2015). Chinese Anzacs : Australians of Chinese descent in the defence forces 1885-1919 (revised to include New Zealand-born Chinese of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1914-1919) (2nd ed). Wellington: New Zealand Chinese Association. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM

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