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William Joseph Lumsden

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William Joseph Lumsden, Weekly News - This image may be subject to copyright

William Joseph Lumsden, Weekly News - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Lumsden AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    65909 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
    Unknown AWMM McKerrow Street, Methven, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A.E. Lumsden (mother), McKerrow Street, Methven, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    65909 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidentally killed on active service AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Lumsden and of Annie Elizabeth Lumsden (nee Cullimore), of Methven

    Remembered on the Ashburton War Memorial. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia AWMM
    • Ashburton War Memorial, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM

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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/2632518
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 5: WW2 127 AWMM

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