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William Robert Tacon

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Tacon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill AWMM
  • Service number
    432429 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 45 Cameron Street, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr R.Tacon (father), Otipua, Canterbury, 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
    432429 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 Edna AWMM
    • Edna Irene Verdon, b 7 Feb 1921, Timaru
      married William Robert Tacon in 1946 Public - Alison - Researcher - 23 November 2015 - Family papers

Death

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  • Death
    13 November 2011 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Greymouth, Grey District AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: Christchurch Press, 16 November 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • The Christchurch Press AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 10 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1943 to 31st March, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 10: WW2 82 AWMM
    • The Christchurch Press AWMM
      Death Notice: Christchurch Press, 16 November 2011 AWMM

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23 November 2015AlisonWellingtonResearcher

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