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Albert Edward Walls

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Group, WW2, 3 soldiers, Bert Walls, centre figure, 2 unidentified men, possibly taken in 1941. - This image may be subject to copyright

Group, WW2, 3 soldiers, Bert Walls, centre figure, 2 unidentified men, possibly taken in 1941. - Thi …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Walls AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bert AWMM
  • Service number
    060570 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 May 1921 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 August 1942 AWMM 36 Third Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.J. Walls (mother), 36 Third Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 12 December 1942 AWMM Single AWMM

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 Aug 1942 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Civil servant/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Broken hand AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Dace; father of Michael, John, Stephen

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1999. Bert Walls recorded his last rank as Warrant Officer Class 2, the Death Notice records last rank as Sergeant AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 October 2009 AWMM
    Takapuna, North Shore City 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
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 6 October 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 412 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 6 October 2009 AWMM
    • Borman, C. (1954). Divisional Signals. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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