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Gaston Florian

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3/4 portrait of Private Flanton of the Maori Contingent, New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, wearing a New Zealand Returned Soldiers Association Badge. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1917). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-F3347. No known copyright.

3/4 portrait of Private Flanton of the Maori Contingent, New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, wearin …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gaston AWMM
  • Surname
    Florian AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Flanton AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 20801 AWMM
    • WWII 5/1/993 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 August 1885 AWMM Suva, Viti Levu AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    son of Aston Florian Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    • Suva, Fiji Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
    • WWII: Auckland Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Filiata Florian (wife), Apia, Samoa, Pacific Islands AWMM
    • Mr Aston Florian (father), Suva, Fiji Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
    • WWII: Joseph Florian of 24 Great South Rd, Epsom, Auckland Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
  • Relationship status
    • 1911 married Filiata Fonti in Fiji (since deceased)
      father of 3 children Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
    • WWII: Divorced Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    WWI: Western European Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • WWI: NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion; WWII: N.Z.T.S. Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • WWI 20801 AWMM
    • WWII 5/1/993 AWMM
  • Military service
    WWI: 1916-1920; WWII: Feb 1941-Mar 1942 Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal
      Victory Medal Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
    • 1939-1945 War Medal
      NZ War Service Medal Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Storeman/Civilian AWMM
    • 19 July 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
    • WWII: 25 February 1941 Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    WWII: Clerk & Interpreter Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
  • Age on enlistment
    • 31yrs Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
    • WWII: 55yrs Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record

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
    • Corporal Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
    • WWII: L/Corporal Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 June 1945 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    59yrs Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Waitakere City Council's Waikumete Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Auckland, NZ Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Waitakere City Council's Waikumete Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Waitakere City Council's Waikumete Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    SOLDIERS BURIAL H Row 3, Plot 10 Public - Lorriane M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Waitakere City Council's Waikumete Cemetery Records
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  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      43: 36 AWMM
    • Liava'a, C. (2013). Le fitafita mai Samoa = The force from Samoa : soldiers from the Samoan Islands in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia. AWMM
    • Liava'a, C. (2009). Qaravi na'i tavi = They did their duty : soldiers from Fiji in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia. AWMM
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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22 January 2017Lorriane MGisborne, NZResearcher
22 January 2017Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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