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Colin Anthony Leon Wilson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin Anthony Leon AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Lay AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 44161 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
    • WW2 Westgate Street, Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Westgate Street, Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr W.J. Wilson (father), Westgate Street, Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mr W.J. Wilson (father), Westgate Street, Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 44161 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
  • 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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Result of an accident AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Marjorie AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 November 2010 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hamilton Park Cemetery, 395 Morrinsville Road, Newstead, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 19 November 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Moe mai ra Uncle Lay. Thank you for your service ❤️
    Public - Alex - Other relative - 25 April 2020
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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 381 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 430 AWMM

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