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William Rodney Pilmer

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Rodney AWMM
  • Surname
    Pilmer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25761 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Makaraka, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of birth
    b. 1912 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 December 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 December 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of William Claymore & Mabel PILMER of Makaraka Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 December 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 December 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W.C. Pilmer (father), Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1945 William Rodney PILMER married Sheila May THORNTON Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 December 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

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 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father of David; Virginia, Digby, Kim AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 December 2005 AWMM
    Age 93 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Auckland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 December 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    North Shore Memorial Park< Auckland - Northern Division RSA Ash Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 December 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Section 2, Block E Row D, Plot 24 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 December 2023 - Auckland Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, December 2005 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 379 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, December 2005 AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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18 December 2023Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher

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