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Albert William Patrick Taplin

  • Service number
    48643 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Albert William Taplin AWMM
    • Bertie AWMM
    • Bert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert William Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Taplin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Albert William Taplin AWMM
    • Bertie AWMM
    • Bert AWMM
  • Service number
    48643 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 69 Galway Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Taplin (mother), 69 Galway Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 January 1942 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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

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Biographical information

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  • Son of John Crang Taplin and Mildred A. Taplin, of Auckland, New Zealand.

    Husband of Natalie

    Three sons, brothers served with the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War II: John Frederick Crang Taplin (62256) who was killed in action at El Alamein, Egypt on 22 July 1942; Edgar Bruce Francis Taplin (31233) who was captured by German Forces following their invasion of Greece in April 1941; and Albert William Patrick Taplin (48643).

    He was the Great grandson of Sergeant Patrick Quinlan who was born in Tipperary, Ireland in 1803 and served with The Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps from 1847 to 1852

    Name is listed in the Nominal Roll as Albert William Taplin AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    19 November 2011 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 November 2011 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    O'Neill, I.G. (1946). The 36th Battalion: a Record of the Service of the 36th Battalion with the Third Division in the Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. Digital copy
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2IP-36Ba.html
    Further Reference
  • 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 137 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 November 2011 AWMM
    • Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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