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Phillip Edward Windleborn

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Portrait: Phillip Windleborn, 1942 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait: Phillip Windleborn, 1942 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Phillip Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Windleborn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Tulip Windleborn AWMM
  • Service number
    • 72279 AWMM
    • 207892 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 October 1920 AWMM Richmond, Auckland Province AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 9 December 1941 AWMM Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Dairy worker/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Hazel Eileen Windleborn (mother), Waverley St, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Hazel Eileen Windleborn (mother), RD 5, Tauhei, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 12 November 1942 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 6 1/2 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fresh AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Hazel AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • First child of Lawrence and Hazel Windleborn of Nelson, New Zealand. Phillip's father Lawrence Christian (78770) served in WWI.

    After returning from Korea, Phillip worked for the Morrinsville Dairy Company.

    He also collected and bred many types of birds, including golden pheasants, quail, budgerigars and guinea fowl.

    Phillip never married. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 April 1990 AWMM
    Age 69 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Piako Cemetery, Seales Road, Morrinsville, Matamata-Piako District, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand in the Korean War. New Zealand History online
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 433 AWMM

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