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James David Henley

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James Henley 21st Battalion 2nd NZEF

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James David AWMM
  • Surname
    Henley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 30127 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 22 Cadman Ave., Ellerslie AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. Eva Henley, Awarua Rural Delivery, Kaikohe, Auckland (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.84 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.84
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.84
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
    4 years Public - Grant - Child - 2 May 2022 - He told family I am his son.
  • Liberation date
    1945 Public - Grant - Child - 2 May 2022 - Family told
  • Liberation Repatriation
    • WW2 Escaped or evaded capture. Date Interrogated: circa 8 May 1945. AWMM
    • Fought in Greece then on Crete. Evaded capture on Crete for many months by hiding in the mountains. Public - Grant - Child - 2 May 2022 - Told family, son
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 4244 AWMM

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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  • Jas Henley, Frank Balloch, Compton Tickle (Stalag XVIII A)

    Letter: February
    TO AUNT DAISY: Situated as we are, i.e. in a working camp, we often think longingly of the recipes you used to broadcast over the air. We are 3 unfortunate Prisoners of War who mutilate the food we receive in our Red Cross packets owing to the lack of foresight on our parents' part in not providing us with cooking lessons in our youth. Has the Patriotic Society gone into liquidation?

    (Source: The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet (No. 7, November 1942, p.14)) AWMM
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
    Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
    https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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.84 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. 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
    • Cody, J. F., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of NZ Escapees and Evaders - 1 New Zealand Interrogation Section Book 2, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 (R25405145) AWMM
    • Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Prisoners of War Enquiry Office. (1941–1944). The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet: Official pamphlet of the Prisoners of War Enquiry Office of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM
      No. 7, November 1942, p.14 AWMM
    • McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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