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Mervyn Vance Wilson

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mervyn Vance AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    20279 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
  • Service number
    20279 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mervyn Patterson Stuart Wilson and Evelyn May Wilson, of Whangarei. Husband of Audrey Elizabeth Wilson of Whangarei.

    15th Light Aid Detachment, attached 7 Anti Tank Regiment AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 September 1941 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maunu Cemetery, Cemetery Road off State Highway 14, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand AWMM 1448 AWMM
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