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Walter Buchanan Moffat

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Buchanan AWMM
  • Surname
    Moffat AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 32178 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - David John - Direct descendant - 6 December 2018 - Family

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 July 1908 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    11th July 1908 Public - David John - Direct descendant - 6 December 2018 - Family records and original Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    341 Broad Street
    Mile End
    Glasgow
    SCOTLAND Public - David John - Direct descendant - 6 December 2018 - Family records and original Birth Certificate
  • Birth notes
    Father = James Storrie MOFFAT
    Mother = Catherine DOLAN Public - David John - Direct descendant - 6 December 2018 - Family records and original Birth Certificate
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Glen Massey, Huntly AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer at Island Block, Waikato.
    Retired to 229 Great South Road, Manurewa, Auckland until his death Public - David John - Direct descendant - 6 December 2018 - Family history.
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. M.E. Moffat, Glen Massey, Huntly (wife) AWMM
    • Mary-Ellen Moffat born 15th July 1904 Whangape, died 13th August 1977, daughter of;
      Father = William Benjamin MARSHALL
      Mother = Mere Kerei PAKI Public - David John - Direct descendant - 6 December 2018 - Family records and original Birth Certificate
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • WB MOFFAT is my Maternal Grand-Father per his daughter Catherine Jean MOFFAT.
      Jean married Royden James WESTON & they had two sons, David & Peter.
      Roy's Dad AJ Weston saw in WW1 & 2 Service No. 42437. Public - David John - Direct descendant - 6 December 2018 - Personal data, family records and original Birth Certificate

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 32178 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.333 Miner/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.333
    Huntly, Waikato 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.333
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • My father was called Walter Moffat and served in WW2. Based in the UK he served in the paras and was captured in Arnhem during operation Market Garden. Was POW in Czechoslovakia until freed by the Russians at the end of the war. Returned to the UK where he married my Mum, Agnes Moffat nee Wright on 7th June 1947. Dad passed away in August 2000 and Mum followed in January 2007. I am the youngest of 5 children and migrated to NZ in August 2011 with my husband and three children. I saw this opportunity to lay a virtual puppy for a gentleman of the same name in the same war. God bless and thank you for your service one and all.
    Public - Pepe - 24 April 2020
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  • My Maternal Grand Father. Born in Glasgow Scotland, enlisted for New Zealand.
    Public - David John - Direct descendant - 5 December 2018
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Sources

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  • References
    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.333 AWMM

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24 April 2020PepeAucklandOther
06 December 2018David JohnAucklandDirect descendant

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