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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)

A massive, comprehensive roll honouring 2nd N.Z.E.F. soldiers and war nurses listed in the Nominal Rolls, deployed overseas during World War II and with J-Force; having identity in some way with Northland, New Zealand

Source: Freedom's Call, compiled by Dale Calder. Included here with his kind permission

Morris James Griffiths

Also known asGriffiths, James Morris Unit37th Battalion Regimental Number76448 RankPrivate EmbarkedApril 1942 - June 1942 Marital StatusSingle Place of EnlistmentPaihia OccupationLabourer AddressC/- W Thwaites, Matamata Next of KinMrs E Griffiths, C/- W Thwaites, Matamata (m) Birthdate13/05/1911 Place of BirthTe Kopuru Date of Death16/07/1977 Age at Death66 Place of Death (Detail)Morrinsville Burial/CremationBurial Cemetery/Urupa & Plot NumberPiako Lawn Cemetery, Morrinsville, RSA Section, Block D, Plot 72 Funeral DirectorPellows Funeral Services Find a Grave (Cemetery)FindAGrave entry available Husbands/Wives/PartnersRuby McCullum; Violet Ruby Crawford More DetailsSon of James Joseph and Abigail Ellis Griffiths, nee Louden, of Matamata. Husband of Ruby Griffiths, nee McCullum. Husband of Violet Ruby Griffiths, nee Crawford. Mother’s initial is shown as E in the NOK details. Almost certainly this person. Place of birth: Te Kopuru. Place of death: Morrinsville. Cemetery index shows name as James Morris Griffiths. Last known address: 10 Seville Crescent, Morrinsville. Geni.com. Familysearch.org. Ancestrylibrary.com.au

John Hilford

Also known asHilford, John Arnold Taken Prisoner of WarYes Place of CaptureGreece Unit24th (Auckland) Battalion Regimental Number24068 RankPrivate EmbarkedJanuary 1940 - March 1941 Marital StatusMarried Place of EnlistmentWhangarei OccupationAssistant linesman AddressWaiotira Junction Next of KinMrs R C Hilford, C/- Royal Hotel, Victoria St, Auckland (wife) Last Rank HeldPrivate Birthdate18/05/1918 Place of BirthNZ Date of Death6/06/2000 Age at Death82 Place of Death (Detail)NZ Burial/CremationBurial Cemetery/Urupa & Plot NumberWaikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, Plot SOLDIERS BURIAL M Row 17, Plot 158 Funeral DirectorW M Morrison Funeral Directors BillionGravesBillionGraves entry available Husbands/Wives/PartnersRuby Grace Collinson; Emma Joyce Hilford More DetailsPOW. Son of Ernest Hayward and Mary Helen Hilford, nee Strawbridge. Husband of Ruby Grace Hilford, nee Collinson, of Auckland. Husband of Emma Joyce Hilford, per the grave plaque. Place of birth and death: New Zealand. Wife's initials are R C in the NOK details. Birth and death recorded as John Arnold Hilford. On the Point Chevalier RSA WWII Memorial Panel. Ancestrylibrary.com.au