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George Walter Gillow Simpson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Walter Gillow AWMM
  • Surname
    Simpson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 June 1901 AWMM Dorking, Surrey AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    1945 AWMM Married AWMM
    Alison Hall, two sons and one daughter AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1917 AWMM Acting Sub-Lieutenant/Military AWMM
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Commanding Officer on the HMS Porpoise

    Chief of the New Zealand Navy Staff in 1948 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 March 1972 AWMM
    Whangarei, Northland AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maunu Cemetery, Whangārei, Whangārei District, Northland, New Zealand AWMM RSA Blk 17 Plot 654 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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