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Wallace Milner

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel M_032. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel M_032. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wallace AWMM
  • Surname
    Milner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    65302 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1917 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wallace-milner
  • Place of birth
    Ruatoria Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wallace-milner
  • Birth notes
    Son of Claude Milner and of Nora Milner (nee Te Hei), of Mangaoporo, Ruatoria Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 November 2022 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wallace-milner
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Ruatoria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr K. Milner (father), Ruatoria, 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
    65302 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Wallace Milner was the son of Claude Milner and of Nora Milner (nee Te Hei), of Mangaoporo, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXVIII. A. 26. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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  • Moe mai raa e te Rangatira, moou i whakawaatea mai te huarahi moo te whaanau whaanui. Arohanui, Te Whaanau ki Tokoroa. Relationship: Older brother of Kiri/J.Milner (817632) Rana nee: Milner - Younger sister of Wally/W.Milner Heather Motu: Niece (Wally/W.Milner was the elder brother of my mum - Rana Milner) Rana Motu: Mokopuna - Eldest Child of Heather Motu (Namesake of Rana Milner) Cortez Motu (also known as Ngaatira Haere): Mokopuna - Eldest Child of Rana Motu (with affiliations to Ngaati Raukawa)
    Public - Heather, Rana, Cortez (Motu) - Direct descendant - 7 December 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • 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 148 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
      Portrait published in Soutar (2008) AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 April 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
07 December 2016Heather, Rana, Cortez (Motu)TokoroaDirect descendant

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