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William Duncan McGregor

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William McGregor

Corporal William Duncan McGregor

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Duncan AWMM
  • Surname
    McGregor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    1245 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 August 1918 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    2nd August 1918 Public - Glenwyss - Friend - 8 March 2017 - military file
  • Place of birth
    Waitara Public - Glenwyss - Friend - 8 March 2017 - personal known
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Uruti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farming Public - Glenwyss - Friend - 8 March 2017 - known
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr P.C. McGregor (father), Uruti, 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
    1245 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 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Farming Public - Glenwyss - Friend - 8 March 2017 - known
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Eileen AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 March 2008 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 7 March 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 111 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 7 March 2008 AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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08 March 2017GlenwyssNew PlymouthFriend

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