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Cenotaph record

William Francis Coutts

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Coutts AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill AWMM
  • Service number
    27996 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 Ellen Street, Street Leonards, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J. Coutts (father), Ellen Street, St Leonards, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 01 Jul 1940-31 March 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
    27996 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • William Coutts was married to Edna. His funeral service was held at St Aubyn Chapel, Hastings on 2 January. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    31 December 1998 AWMM
    Age 81 AWMM
    Hastings, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    New Zealand Herald 1 January 1999 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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    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
    p.102 AWMM

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