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Basil Walter Nicholas

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Dressed in Queen Alexanders Mounted Rifles uniform

Basil Walter Nicholas

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Basil Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Nicholas AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    1254 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 South Road Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W. Nicholas (father), South Road, Hawera, 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
    1254 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 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • 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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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • Pop, remembering you and the big sacrifices you made for us all. You were one of the best chefs & kept the team fed! I will always remember you cracking a handful of eggs in each hand 😍😘
    Public - Lisa - Direct descendant - 24 April 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    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 134 AWMM

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24 April 2020MarkHawera New Zealand Child
24 April 2020LisaHavelock NorthDirect descendant

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