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Alan John Williamson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alan John AWMM
  • Surname
    Williamson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Willy AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ13085 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 October 1923 AWMM Birmingham, West Midlands AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 4 April 1905 AWMM 7 Buchanan Avenue, Queens Park, Bournemouth, England AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Laura Williamson (mother), 7 Buchanan Avenue, Queens Park, Bournemouth, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1942 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Basic Training at Skegness AWMM
    • A/R Wireless Training AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • Inter War 1921 AWMM
      Age 18 AWMM
      Clerk AWMM
    • Post WW2 1949 AWMM
      Age 26 AWMM
  • 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      5 foot 7 inches AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Suffered from nightmares in Sicily and returned to Malta for onward passage to United Kingdom. AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Treated at Malta Hospital for Sandfly Fever. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Aged 18 years at enlistment with the Royal Navy.

    Aged 26 years at enlistment with the New Zealand Navy.

    Alan Williamson was discharged from the Royal Navy and re-enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1949.

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2008 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 March 2009 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: new Zealand Herald, 9 March 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
    https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM
      Correspondence with family AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: new Zealand Herald, 9 March 2009 AWMM

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