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Cenotaph record

Basil Williams

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Portrait of Basil Williams in full uniform walking down Queen Street pre-embarkation. Image kindly provided by Williams family. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Basil Williams in full uniform walking down Queen Street pre-embarkation. Image kindly p …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Basil AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 44564 AWMM
    • WWII NZ44564 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 February 1926 Public Source (March 2016)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 44564 AWMM
    • WWII NZ44564 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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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  • Served in Wigram. Did not embark overseas. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 June 2008 Public Source (March 2016)
    Age 82 AWMM
  • 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 Burials Section 2 Block F Row F Plot 24 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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