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Walter Frohlich

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Frohlich AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    498728 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1942 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    498728 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 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.141 Waiter/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.141
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.141
  • 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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  • Walter Frohlich was the son of Christian Max Frohlich and of Elizabeth Frances Frohlich (nee Dulski); husband of Mollie Frohlich, of Seatown, Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 August 1944 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    ItalyEurope AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bolsena War Cemetery, Italy AWMM III, A, 10. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • He was a friend of my father; Kenneth Bruce Tantau during the war. Dad visited Wally in hospital just before he died of his wounds.
    Public - Craig - 8 August 2022
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  • Walter was my fathers brother.
    Public - Ann - Other Relative - 22 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1707186
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.141 AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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08 August 2022CraigAucklandOther
22 April 2015AnnTaurangaOther Relative

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