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Walter Edward Gudgeon

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33566 S/SGT W.E. GUDGEON N.Z. INFANTRY DIED 2.10.1972 AGED 52 YRS He is buried in the Wharerangi Cemetery, Napier Services Section 2 Plot 31

Walter Edward GUDGEON

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Gudgeon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 33566 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1920 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of Melville Quantrille & Mary Bertha GUDGEON Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Private Bag, Ruatoria AWMM
    • Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM P.B., Ruatoria AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. M. Gudgeon, Private Bag, Ruatoria (mother) AWMM
    • Jayforce Mrs. M. Gudgeon, P.B., Ruatoria (m) AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Death

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.187 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.51 AWMM

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18 March 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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