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Cenotaph record

William Edward Addison

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Addison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mick AWMM
  • Service number
    632730 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Halsey Drive, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S. Addison (mother), 28 Ruskin Street, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Divorced AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce Unknown AWMM Machinist/Civilian AWMM
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  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Beverley; father of Michael, Grant, Lesley

    Cenotaph database record for service in Pacific, Italy and Korea compiled from information in the Death Notice AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 December 2010 AWMM
    Whangaparaoa, Cape Runaway AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 24 December 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • 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
      WW2 16: WW2 3 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 24 December 2010 AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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