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Cenotaph record

James Bruce Wilby

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Bruce AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilby AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 December 1922 Public Source (April 2015) Christchurch, Canterbury Public Source (April 2015)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 136 Aldwins Rd., Christchurch AWMM
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  • Next of kin on embarkation
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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 24 June 1941 NZ WWII Ballot Lists, 1940-1945 Stonemason/Civilian NZ WWII Ballot Lists, 1940-1945
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • “I was in the army, then joined the Air force and served at Guadalcanal”, J. B. Wilby, 2009.

    Listed in the New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940-1945. But not in the Nominal Rolls.

    Not listed in Errol Martyn's "For your tomorrow" as he possibly fought in the Pacific. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    6 February 2010 Public Source (April 2015)
    Age 87 AWMM
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Memorials

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Sources

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    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
    p.1992 AWMM

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