PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Tonge, John Frederick William
Date of birth: December 19th, 1912 (Nelsson, New Zealand)
Date of death:  February 19th, 1983 (Whakatane, New Zealand)
Nationality:  New Zealander
     
1939-1945 STAR
 
     
AFRICA STAR
 
     
FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR
 
     
WAR MEDAL 1939-1945
 
     
WAR SERVICE MEDAL 1939-1945
 
     
MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (MBE)
Rank: Captain
Action: Captain JFW Tonge rendered distinguished service in the Middle East, with the signal corps of the 2 divisional NZ force until reported missing from the western desert in Dec 1941. He was later reported a prisoner of war in Germany where he was in captivity until April 1945.
 
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Picture source:   - Jan Burlace (Daughter of John Tonge)
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