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Cenotaph record

William Keating

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  • Service number
    • DJX 695034 AWMM
    • 12304 AWMM
  • Also known as
    William Michael Keating AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Portrait, Keating in uniform leaning on the railings on board a ship. - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    Keating AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    William Michael Keating AWMM
  • Service number
    • DJX 695034 AWMM
    • 12304 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 February 1924 AWMM Cork, Ireland (Eire) AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Waterside worker/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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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
    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Bronco Pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • In 1943 he enlisted in the Pioneer Corp in England but after a few months was transferred to the Royal Navy. In 1946 he was stationed at a Fleet Air Arm base in Somerset. In 1948 he became a crew member on a frigate that was being transferred to the New Zealand Navy. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 June 1982 AWMM
    Age 58 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM Ashes held by family AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 28 and 29 June 1982 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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