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William McFadyen

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2nd NZEF, 33600 Spr W J McFADYEN, NZ Engineers, died 6 August 1990 aged 78 years.BILL McFADYEN, cherished memories of a loving husband, father and grandpa. R.I.P. ELIZABETH McFADYEN died 9.5.2012 aged 92 years. He is buried in the Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Blk RSA 34 Plot 317

William McFADYEN

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    McFadyen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 33600 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 24th April 1912 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 January 2024 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of James & Elizabeth Ann McFADYEN, late of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 January 2024 - NZ BDM Birth records
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 482 Palmerston Rd., Gisborne AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. E. McFadyen, 482 Palmerston Rd., Gisborne (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • William was the husband of Elizabeth Evelyn McFADYEN Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 January 2024 - Gisborne Cemetery Records

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 33600 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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    WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.292 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.292
    Gisborne, Gisborne 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.292
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  • Age on enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag 383 (previously Oflag III-C), Hofenfells, Bavaria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
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    WWII 23871 AWMM

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  • THREE MISSING SONS REASSURANCE FOR PARENTS (0.C.) GISBORNE, Thursday Reassuring news of two more of their sons who were missing during operations in Crete has been received by Mr. and Mrs. E. McFadyen, of Gisborne. Following the battle of Crete, three sons out of five with the armed forces were reported missing, and for some time no news was available concerning them. A short time ago, however, advice was received that Sergeant Charles McFadyen was a prisoner of war in hospital in Crete, and it was not until to-day that word came to hand from the Government that Sapper William McFadyen was a prisoner of war in Germany. At the same time a letter was received from him from a transit camp in Crete saying that his brother, Sapper Thomas McFadyen, was with him, although there was nothing in the official communication regarding this
    NZ HERALD, VOLUME 78, ISSUE 24128, 21 NOV 1941, PAGE 9
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 January 2024
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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.292 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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25 January 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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