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William Ewart Quelch

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Headstone of Pte William Ewart QUELCH. East Taieri Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block Z, Plot 54. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel, CC-BY-4.0.

Headstone of Pte William Ewart QUELCH. East Taieri Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block Z, Plot 54. …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Ewart AWMM
  • Surname
    Quelch AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    7037 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 Burnham Military School, Burnham, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S.M. Quelch (mother), Drummond, Southland, 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
    7037 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    7 September 1995 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 77 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    East Taieri Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block Z, Plot 54 AWMM
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  • Memorial name
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Sources

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  • 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 148 AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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