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William Clancy Tippins

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Clancy AWMM
  • Surname
    Tippins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    274404 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 40 High Street, Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Tippins (mother), 40 High Street, Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    274404 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Factory hand/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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Maraea, father of Mareea, Phillip, Vera-Lynn, Kimble, Sonya AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 April 2008 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    Kaitaia, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Taranaki Crematorium, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 29 April 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • I am his eldest daughter and have many of his WW11 photographs whilst he served as an Army Dispatch Driver in the Pacific. Many memories of his commitment to the Waitara RSA and returned service NZ Army mates. His date of death is the 28 April 2008.
    Public - Mareea Edith Tippins - Child - 22 August 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. New Plymouth District Council.
    http://www.newplymouthnz.com/AtoZOfCouncilServices/CemeteriesAndCrematorium/CemeterySearch.htm
    Sources Used
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    • 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 399 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 29 April 2008 AWMM

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22 August 2015Mareea Edith TippinsKaitaiaChild

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