Auckland War Memorial Museum - Priestley-William-Augustine-World-War-II,-1939-1945

Full Name

William Augustine Priestley

Forename(s)

William Augustine

Surname

Priestley

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

65317

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Corporal

Occupation before Enlistment

Truck driver

Next of Kin

Mrs K.C. Priestley (mother), 47 Cochrane Street, Te Hapara, Gisborne, New Zealand

Marital Status

Single

Enlistment Address

Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand

Military District

Ruatoria

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Embarkation Unit

28 (Maori) Battalion

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 4

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 288

Further References

28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz
Portrait published in Soutar (2008)
Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html

Sources Used

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941.) Wellington: Blundell Bros. Ltd.,Printers. 1941
Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.