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John Pattison Williams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Pattison AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jack AWMM
  • Service number
    22760 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 March 1915 AWMM Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
    Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 June 1939 AWMM J.P. Williams, RD, Brunswick, Wanganui, New Zealand, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    E.L. Williams (father), RD, Brunswick, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 2 May 1940 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 Jun 1939 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Farm hand/Civilian 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
    Mastoiditis, Wellington Public Hospital AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    16 June 1991 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • Date of death
    2005 Public - Suzanne - Direct descendant - 26 April 2023 - Family records, previously entered date of death was for his wife.
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Whanganui Public - Suzanne - Direct descendant - 26 April 2023 - Family records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.201 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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26 April 2023SuzannePukekohe, New ZealandDirect descendant

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