Identity
Title
Forenames
Wallace Bruce AWMM
Surname
Spinley AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
38281 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Mrs Sarah Jane Spinley (mother) AWMM
Relationship status
Pre 21 April 1941
AWMM Single AWMM
Service
Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Biographical information
Wallace's two brothers, Douglas and Lloyd, both fought in World War II and lost their lives.
Wallace disembarked from the HS Maunganui for compassionate leave 13.12.1941, due to lose of his two brothers, and his mother was also terminally ill. She died a few months after his second brother was killed in action.
The Nieuw Amsterdam was referred to as the Custard Ship. AWMM
Death
Death
Date of death
Age at death
Place of death
Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
Cemetery name
Grave reference
Obituary
Memorial name
Memorial reference
Roll of Honour
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Processing
Sources
External links
Documents
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
p.332 AWMM - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
p.132 AWMM - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
p.182 AWMM
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