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Selwyn William Whimp

  • Service number
    WWII 63251 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Kenneth Grigor Williamson AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Headstone of Pte Kenneth Grigor WILLIAMSON 63251. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 9535. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of Pte Kenneth Grigor WILLIAMSON 63251. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Counc …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Selwyn William AWMM
  • Surname
    Whimp AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Kenneth Grigor Williamson AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 63251 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
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Selwyn East, Fifth Ave., Whangarei AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM Selwyn Estate, Fifth Ave., Whangarei AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. C.A. Whimp, Selwyn East, Fifth Ave., Whangarei (mother) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. C.A. Whimp, Selwyn Estate, Fifth Ave., Whangarei (m) AWMM
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    24 August 1918 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 21 AWMM
  • Date of death
    2006 Public - Lew - Researcher - 29 October 2021 - NZBDM
  • Age at death
    86 Public - Lew - Researcher - 29 October 2021 - NZBDM
  • Place of death
    unknown Public - Lew - Researcher - 29 October 2021 - NZBDM
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 95, Plot 35 AWMM
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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.508 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
      p.422 AWMM
    • L.R.D.G. Membership Roll February 1970. Long Range Desert Group (N.Z. Association). Auckland Museum EPH-W2-11-27. AWMM
    • O'Carroll, B. (2000). The Kiwi scorpions : the story of the New Zealanders in the Long Range Desert Group. Devon, England: Token Publishing. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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29 October 2021LewWhangāreiResearcher

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