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Wilfred John Gray

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Headstone of Sergeant Wilfred John Gray (405484). Heverlee War Cemetery, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEBR8277). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Sergeant Wilfred John Gray (405484). Heverlee War Cemetery, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Bel …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wilfred John AWMM
  • Surname
    Gray AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ405484 AWMM
    • WWII 405484 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
    Mrs Mary Ann Gray (mother), Okaiawa, 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
    Europe (Air) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ405484 AWMM
    • WWII 405484 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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 on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Harold Joesph Gray and Mary Ann Gray of Taranaki

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

Death

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  • Death
    7 August 1942 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Heverlee War Cemetery, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium AWMM 3 B 3 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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