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Alexander William Henry Wilson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander William Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    A.W.H. AWMM
  • Service number
    27982 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 339 Gladstone Road, Wingate, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W. Wilson (father), 339 Gladstone Road, Wingate, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 28 August 1940 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
    27982 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Dorothy for 58 years.

    Died on the eve of his 85th birthday.

    Formerly of Te Koanga Orchard, Dunstan Road, Alexandra AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    20 December 2001 AWMM
    Age 84 AWMM
    Alexandra, Otago AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Alexandra Cemetery, Ngapara Street, Alexandra, New Zealand 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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 518 AWMM
    • Judd, B. (2003). The desert railway : the New Zealand Railway Group in North Africa and the Middle East during the Second World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Penguin. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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