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Cenotaph record

William Alfred Robinson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Robinson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill AWMM
  • Service number
    24753 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 January 1919 AWMM Ohakune, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 3 September 1939 AWMM 1567 Great North Road, Waterview, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Post and Telegraph/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs F.L. Robinson (mother), 1567 Great North Road, Waterview, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 28 August 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Greece AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    24753 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 3 September 1939 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Storeman/Civilian AWMM
    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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Wounded right leg and back injury AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Dorothy

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2002 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 October 2004 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, October 2004 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 408 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, October 2004 AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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