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Walter Jack Perry

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Jack AWMM
  • Surname
    Perry AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    31400 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 145 Main Road, Redcliffe, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr William Arthur Perry (father), 145 Main Road, Redcliffe, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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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  • Walter Perry was the son of William Arthur Perry, and of A. Evelyn Perry (nee Ayers), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 October 1941 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXX. B. 5. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • My Father (WALTER JACK PERRY) came to England in 1940 and met my Mother. They spent that Christmas together before he left for Crete in the following January. (1940) After Crete he went to Egypt. He accidentally died 9th October 1941 at El Alamein and is buried there. As his death was accidental an enquiry was held in Cairo. His medals were sent to his Father William Arthur Perry)
    Public - Jacqueline Olive - Child - 16 July 2017
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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/2211119
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 147 AWMM

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16 July 2017Jacqueline OliveNorfolk EnglandChild

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