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William Samuel Noel McMurray

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Samuel Noel AWMM
  • Surname
    McMurray AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    69328 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    25 March 1919 Public - Gerald Robert Alexander - Child - 6 December 2019 - Family oral history
  • Place of birth
    Belfast Northern Ireland Public - Gerald Robert Alexander - Child - 6 December 2019 - Family oral history
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 7 Cornwall Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs. E.E. McMurray (mother), 7 Cornwall Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 December 1941 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
    69328 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 Clerk AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Husband of Jean ; father of Bob, Chris, Steve AWMM
    • Husband of the late Jean Public - Gerald Robert Alexander - Child - 6 December 2019 - Family oral history

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 April 2012 AWMM
    Age 93 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    St Johns Presbyterian Church cemetery, 120 Great South Rd Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 4 May 2012 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Auckland Libraries & Ringer, B. (2012). A Papatoetoe timeline from 1862 to 2012
    http://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/EN/heritage/localhistory/countiesmanukau/communities/Pages/papatoetoe150yearsofciviclife.aspx
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 6: WW2 23 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 11: WW2 85 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 4 May 2012 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
06 December 2019Gerald Robert AlexanderDieburg, GermanyChild

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