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Walter Steel Inglis

  • Service number
    • C14285 AWMM
    • 14285 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Wally AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Korean War, 1950-1953 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Steel AWMM
  • Surname
    Inglis AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Wally AWMM
  • Service number
    • C14285 AWMM
    • 14285 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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  • War
    Korean War, 1950-1953 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    • C14285 AWMM
    • 14285 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

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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 Glenyse AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    19 April 2011 AWMM
    Age 75 AWMM
    Otaki, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Ashes are interned in the RSA section at Whenua Tapu Cemetery, Plimmerton Public - Wayne Steel - Child - 17 April 2015 - Family history
  • Grave reference
    Q20 Public - Wayne Steel - Child - 17 April 2015 - Family history
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: Dominion Post, 22 April 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • Have only just come across the fact that Wally had Crossed The Bar. Farewell my old shipmate, HMNZS Royalist 1962/63.
    Public - Murray - Comrade - 14 December 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand in the Korean War. History online.
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
      Taylor, A. (1998). p.550 AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death Notice: Dominion Post, 22 April 2011 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
14 December 2016MurrayNelsonComrade
17 April 2015Wayne SteelOtaki New ZealandChild

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