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2nd NZEF Forces Club
Nukuloafa
Tonga 1943 |
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2nd NZEF
Tonga 1943 |
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Tonga |
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HMNZS Monowai |
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RNZ Artillery
Fort Dorset |
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NZ Artillery 1943
64th Heavy Battery
9th Heavy Regiment |
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Mount Eden Battalion NZ Home Guard |
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US Navy Mobile Hospital
No.4.
WWII Green Felt Unit Pennant from the
US Navy’s No.4 Mobile Hospital also known as Fleet Hospital 104. This
is from the Pacific War against Japan . The American Navy established
itself on the North Island of New Zealand from June 1943 to February
1945.
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very large US Navy Hospital was part of the American World War Two war
effort against the Japanese in the Pacific. It was constructed in June
1943 by the 84th and 55th US Navy Construction Battalions (CB's
-Seabees). All US Navy Mobile Hospitals were renamed in June 1944 with
number designations being changed to start with one hundred and one
– The U.S. Navy Mobile Hospitals in New Zealand were Mobile No. 4
(Fleet Hospital 104) and MOB 6 (FH 106) both in New Zealand. MOB 5
(FH105) and MOB 7 (FH 107) were in New Caledonia; MOB 8 (FH 108) in
Guadalcanal; MOB 9 (FH 109) was at Camp Hill Brisbane: MOB 10 (FH110)
in the Russell Islands; FH 103, FH 111 and FH 115 in Guam; FH 114 in
the Philippines. Because they were mobile hospitals they could also
have been located in other areas, for example FH 105 is also recorded
in New Zealand, some probably moving to forward areas as the front
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