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William Alexander Phillips

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Photograph of William Alexander Phillips. Image kindly provided by Owen Phillips (January 2020). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Phillips AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ7819 AWMM
    • WWII 7819 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 December 1906 AWMM Bluff, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 344 Gore Street West, Bluff AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Katherine Mary Phillips (wife), 344 Gore Street, Bluff AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 3 August 1943 AWMM Oysterman/Civilian 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 April 1981 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bluff Cemetery Bluff New Zealand AWMM Kerb Plots - 1/202 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM

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17 January 2020OwenNew ZealandDirect descendant

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