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Cenotaph record

William Henry John Walsh

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Henry John AWMM
  • Surname
    Walsh AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    252241 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Baptist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 January 1917 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM
    Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 22 April 1905 AWMM 1 Glen Street, Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mavis Walsh (wife), 41 Aln Street, Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 11 January 1944 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    3 years Cadry Staff AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1939 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Grocer/Civilian AWMM
    Oamaru, Otago 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
    Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
    Dentures AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1999 AWMM

Death

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  • 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

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 130 AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. 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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