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Cenotaph record

Walter Reginald Creeser

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Reginald AWMM
  • Surname
    Creeser AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    9252 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 26 Lockend Street, Tainui, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.H. Creeser (wife), 26 Lockend Street, Tainui, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    9252 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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 from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
    Natural causes AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • A champion athlete. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 May 1940 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    South Africa, Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died from Natural Causes AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Simon's Town (Dido Valley) Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa AWMM Naval Allotment Row C. Grave 10. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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