Who’s On, Who is Not
The Nominal Rolls (also known as Embarkation Rolls) provide us with an index of soldiers, nurses and other individuals who embarked from New Zealand as part of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War II and immediately post war with J-Force. The rolls cover embarkations from 1940 to 1948.
Who are on the Rolls?
*Soldiers and nurses who served in the European theatres of war, e.g. Great Britain, Germany, Greece and Italy; the Middle East, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
Note: Some personnel served in more than one theatre.
*Soldiers and nurses who served with J-Force.
World War II soldiers from New Zealand Artillery during battle noise practice, in Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: DA-03355-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22315749
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You will not find:
The following UNLESS they also either saw overseas service with the 2nd N.Z.E.F, or were called up to serve overseas.
* WW II and J-Force Airforce and Navy personnel (including Merchant Navy).
The following resources may be helpful: the Archives NZ site where you will find information on where records are held and the Cenotaph database, where although some of the entries are very detailed, others are missing some of the markers I chose for the 2nd N.Z.E.F. entries. Most records for these personnel are kept by the NZ Defence Force. You may also like to check out the Other Forces Roll of Honour.
* personnel who served in earlier or later wars or theatres of action, whether on active service or in a peacekeeping role.
* members of the NZ Military Forces, including those who provided training to overseas combatants.
* members of any overseas armed forces.
* members of the New Zealand Home Guard and the Red Cross.
* those Army and Nursing personnel who may have served overseas and who appear on the Cenotaph roll, but for whom insufficient information is available regarding their service, e.g they are not immediately traceable on the Nominal Rolls.