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Bertram Watson Wacher

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Bertram Watson AWMM
    • Bertram Weston Public - Simon - Other relative - 17 May 2021 - His middle name was Weston, not Watson. This was told to me by my Grandmother, his sister. Weston was a family name. It is correct on the Commonwealth War Graves commission website
      https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2169339/BERTRAM%20WESTON%20WACHER/
  • Surname
    Wacher AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    15646 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 January 1908 AWMM United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 38 Pine Hill Terrace, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr B.C. Wacher (father), 38 Pine Hill Terrace, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 01 Apr 1941-30 June 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    15646 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 Brewer/Civilian 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Bertram Charles and Emily Sarah Wacher, of Christchurch. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 January 1943 AWMM
    Age 35 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
    Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya AWMM 12.F.3. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Marlborough War Memorial, Second World War Panel AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2169339
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      p. 258. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.361 AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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17 May 2021SimonHorsham, United KingdonOther relative

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