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Owen Wiles MacDonald

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Owen Wiles AWMM
  • Surname
    MacDonald AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 238987 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
    Owen Wiles MacDONALD born Owen WILES in 1916, his father d. 1917 in Palestine so he was adopted out Public - Royce - Other relative - 1 April 2018 - NZ Registrar-General on-line birth index (reg no. 1916/23712) shows Owen Wiles MacDONALD's father Henry Musto WILES, mother Florence Emily MITCHELL. Henry Musto WILES was killed in Palestine 1917 & Florence Emily remarried in 1920 and so it seems Owen was then formally adopted by Mr & Mrs. A MacDONALD of Westport. This is clear from the marriage announcement in the PRESS, VOLUME LXXVIII, ISSUE 23750, 23 SEPTEMBER 1942, page 1
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 49 Cloucester St., Christchurch AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Architect Public - Royce - Other relative - 1 April 2018 - Papers Past entry for 1941 (Press, 14 November 1941, Page 10) lists Owen Wiles MacDONALD as architecture student seeking to delay his entry into the army to allow him to complete his architectural studies
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. R. MacDonald, Pinedale, Dromore (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1942 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 238987 AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Death

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    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
    p.246 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
01 April 2018RoyceMatamata, New ZealandOther relative

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