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Cenotaph record

English Māori

William Alexander Rushbrook

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Rushbrook AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Alex AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII NZ415912 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Wireless Operator AWMM
  • Enlistment
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Winnefried; father of Julia, Nancy, Bruce, Susan. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 June 2009 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Thames, Coromandel District AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 June 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
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    The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 June 2009 AWMM
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