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William Albert Thomas

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Thomas AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 443122 AWMM
    • WWII NZ443122 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 January 1924 Data entry form
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 35 Hill Street, Wanganui AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • 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 Mechanic/Civilian Ballot List
  • 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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  • Son of Isobel Dacey and Albert Watson Thomas - Armourer, stationed at Ohakea and Woodbourne, lived in Dannevirke, Whanganui, and Hamilton, active in Football Association. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 July 2012 Cemetery records
    Cemetery records
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium Meadowbank Auckland New Zealand AWMM Block S Row 29 Plot 10 AWMM
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • 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

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