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William Patrick Walsh

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Walsh AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    20901 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 C/o A.W. Whyte, Solway, Masterton, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr E.H. Burling (uncle), Rural Delivery, Pahiatua, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    20901 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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 wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • William Walsh was the on of Mr. and Mrs. William Patrick Walsh, of Pongaroa, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XII. D. 11. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • His Name Will Live For Evermore In Our Servicemen`s Cemetery at Pahiatua Bryan James President Pahiatua R.S.A. 2015
    Public - BRYAN DAVID - Researcher - 2 June 2015
    Report 

Sources

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03 June 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
02 June 2015BRYAN DAVIDPAHIATUAResearcher

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