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Cenotaph record

William Aylett

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel A_012. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel A_012. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    Aylett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    800894 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Unknown AWMM
    • Mrs H. Aldred, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of George and Emily Aylett, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; husband of Hilda S. E. Aylett, of Remuera, Auckland.

    Also served in the Worcestershire Regt. during the 1914-18 War AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 July 1944 AWMM
    Age 57 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Prot. Soldiers Area G, Row 6, Grave 11. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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