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Francis Harry George Winnie

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Harry George AWMM
  • Surname
    Winnie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Frank AWMM
  • Service number
    31432 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 August 1918 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    17-08-1918 Public - shane - Other Relative - 20 August 2015 - NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE ARCHIVES
  • Place of birth
    KINGSTON - ON - THAMES SURREY . ENGLAND Public - shane - Other Relative - 20 August 2015 - NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE ARCHIVES
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 133 Cuba Street, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    EMPLOYER . UNION S.S.COY WELLINGTON Public - shane - Other Relative - 20 August 2015 - NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE ARCHIVES
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Lillian Ethel Winnie (mother), 133 Cuba Street, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

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
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Steward AWMM
    AWMM
  • 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Francis Winnie was the elder son of Francis (Frank) Earle Winnie and of Lillian Ethel Winnie (nee Privett), of Petone, New Zealand.

    Brother of Philip (served in the Merchant Navy); Joyce and Cynthia

    Also served in the Merchant Navy, 1939/1940

    CWGC lists the address of relatives in England. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Libya, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM

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  • A HERO THAT I WOULD NEVER GET TO MEET. REST IN PEACE GRANDAD. YOUR GRANDSON SHANE
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20 August 2015shanesunbury on thames , englandOther Relative

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