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William Lorraine Crawford

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Lorraine AWMM
  • Surname
    Crawford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 141 AWMM
    • WWII JX258409 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 September 1914 Casualty list Royal New Zealand Navy, 1939-1945
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr William Crawford (father), 2 Chelmsford Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in action in enemy air attack in English Channel AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • William Crawford was the son of William and Grace Low Crawford, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    English Channel AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Dover (St. James's) Cemetery, Kent, England AWMM Row A. Grave 9 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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