Walter Selwyn McMahon

Forenames

Walter Selwyn AWMM

Surname

McMahon AWMM

Service number

WWII 479478 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

18 Aug 1910 AWMM

Place of birth

Thames

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Birth notes

Son of Andrew Manfred & Elizabeth Mary McMAHON if Thames

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Address before enlistment

WW2 85 Peach Grove Rd., Claudelands AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs. M.E. McMahon, 159 Peach Grove Rd., Claudelands (w) AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 1944 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• 1938 Walter S McMAHON married Madeline Estelle FLAVELL
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 479478 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.79 Linesman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.79

Embarkation details

WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.79 Infantry Brigade 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.79 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Walter McMahon was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Manfred McMahon, of Hamilton, New Zealand; husband of Madeline Estelle McMahon, of Claudelands, Hamilton. AWMM

Death

10 Apr 1945 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. D. 19. AWMM

Memorial name

• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East 3216 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237572
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.79
• Cody, J. F., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.