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Donald Martin Walters

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald Martin AWMM
  • Surname
    Walters AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    619202 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 November 1923 AWMM Helensville, Auckland Province AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 9 February 1942 AWMM Woodhill, Kaipara Line, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Adalina Margaret Walters (mother), Woodhill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 April 1945 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    • 1946-1948 British Commonwealth Occupational Force, Japan AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    619202 AWMM
  • Military service
    Cadets : 2 years AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Territorials - (Kerikeri) enlisted February March 1942 AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 9 February 1942 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Farm hand/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 Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Cancer AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Post WW2 10 July 1947 AWMM Signalman AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • At the time of embarkation, Donald was engaged to be married.

    According to his wife, Don left Egypt by ship to take refugees to Yugoslavia, he left Split Harbour on 28 October 1945 to go to Italy.

    The New Zealand Service Medal 1946-1949 is sometimes referred to as the J Force Medal. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 December 1984 AWMM
    Age 61 AWMM
    Kaitaia, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kaitaia Public Cemetery, Kaitaia, New Zealand AWMM P.L. 226 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    NZ Herald 2 & 3 January 1985

    Northland Age 4 January 1985 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.147 AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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