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Wilton Mai

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wilton AWMM
  • Surname
    Mai AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill AWMM
  • Service number
    49878 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 PO Box 319, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM PO Box 319, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr C.A. Mai (father), PO Box 319, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs B. Mai (wife), 19 Lake Domain Drive, Hamilton, Waikato, New zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    49878 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Beryl

    Two sons, brothers Norman Mai (49879) and Wilton Mai (49878) signed up together and both served in the Pacific. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 October 2011 AWMM
    Age 91 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hamilton East Cemetery, Hungerford Crescent, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM BB-N-071 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 4 October 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Hamilton City Council cemetery search
    http://www.hamilton.co.nz/our-services/do-it-online/cemetery-search/Pages/default.aspx
    Sources Used
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 95 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 263 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 4 October 2011 AWMM

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