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“I knew he’d been over in the war and got killed over there, but the information I got [recently] is a lot more than what we had,” he said. “I had heard of people, who had German names, changing their name during the war because they were getting picked on.” Ancestry/Supplied Ancestry researcher Jason Reeve says many of Arthur’s close relatives were forced to register as aliens” in what was a hostile environment for Kiwis with German names. During the war, there was increasing hostility in New Zealand to anyone of German descent, or anyone with a German-sounding name. Parliament passed the Registration of Aliens Act in 1917, under which “aliens” – anyone not a British subject “either by birth or naturalization” - were required to register with their local Aliens Registration Officer at the police station, and report to them regularly. ....
His story has come to light through records and history website Ancestry.com.au. Haythorne was born in 1894, went to school at Whanganui Collegiate, and enlisted for WWI in 1914, serving for four years. In 1920, he married Margaret, who was from Auckland, and WWII documents record them living in Manawatū when he signed up for service in 1940. Haythorne enlisted in Palmerston North and was farming in Awahuri at the time. News reports from the time of his death, of sickness, on March 8, 1945, say he and Margaret had two daughters. Haythorne died in Stalag-344 in Poland. The New Zealand Herald in 1945 reported: “He was reported missing in the Greek campaign, but was later discovered to have taken refuge in the hills with other New Zealand troops, having volunteered to remain behind to tend wounded men whom it was impossible to evacuate.” ....
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