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William Patrick Carroll

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27282 William Patrick Carroll of the 16th Railway Operating Company. Taken on board H.M. Transport No,12, Empress of Japan, 1940 by Sapper D.W. Petch.

W Carroll Empress of Japan 1940

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Carroll AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill AWMM
  • Service number
    27282 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 54 Milford Road, Milford, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Carroll (mother), 54 Milford Road, Milford, Auckland, 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
    27282 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 Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
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  • 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Rona; father of Adrianne, Donald AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 March 2010 AWMM
    Age 92 AWMM
    Orewa, Hibiscus Coast 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, 15 March 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • 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 77 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 15 March 2010 AWMM

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