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Cenotaph record

William Owen Chamley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Owen AWMM
  • Surname
    Chamley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill Chamley AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 622613 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
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 17 Preston Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    New Zealand Railways employee/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs L.M. Chamley (mother), 17 Preston Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1945 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Funeral service held at the Blockhouse Bay Baptist Church at 11.00 a.m., on 12 March 1999. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    9 March 1999 AWMM
    Age 75 AWMM
    Takapuna, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 March 1999 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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