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Basil Williams

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Portrait of Flight Sergeant Basil Williams, of Auckland. Image kindly provided by Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19431229-20-37. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Flight Sergeant Basil Williams, of Auckland. Image kindly provided by Auckland Libraries …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Basil AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 412776 AWMM
    • WWII NZ412776 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 April 1922 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Stalag IV-B, Muhlberg, modern day Mühlberg ad Elbe, Germany POW section 8 Air Forces, p.80
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 635 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Birkenhead RSA. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 June 2016 NZ Herald
    Age 94 AWMM
    Takapuna, North Shore City NZ Herald
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    North Shore Memorial Park and Crematorium Schnapper Rock Albany North Shore City New Zealand AWMM Northern Division RSA Lawn Section 2, Block J, Row C, Plot 35 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 3 June 2016. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      28/10/2015 AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      p.599 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • Goldfish Club, New Zealand Branch. The Goldfish Club: Roll of Honour 1954 - 2003. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2004/32. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM
    • War Office. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 8 : Air Forces. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
      p.80 AWMM

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