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Walter Leonard De Lacey

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Photograph of Walter De Lacey from Government Gazette, circa 1929. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Walter De Lacey from Government Gazette, circa 1929. Image may be subject to copyright …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Leonard AWMM
  • Surname
    De Lacey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/3531 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 June 1884 AWMM Carterton, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs E. De Lacey (mother), Carterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Labourer/Civilian 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Walter De Lacey was born in Carterton, and then lived in Waipawa, Hawkes Bay where he worked as a Shepherd. During the First World War, he served in both Egypt and the Western Front, on his return to New Zealand he lived with his brother Bert De Lacey at 86 Ponsonby Road, where he was a Carter. He moved to Raglan where he was a bread-carter. He retired to Waihi, where he passed away on the 26th October 1960. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 October 1960 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waihi Cemetery Hauraki RSA Lot 93 AWMM
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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