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Wilfrid Brien SYMONS

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Date of birth29 August 1916
Date of death08 Nvember 1942
Mothers nameFlorence Catherine Obrien
Spouses nameUnmarried
Fathers nameWalter George Thomas Symons
SiblingsMrs JH (Muriel) MAHER, Whakatane., , , ,
Children, , , ,
Cause of deathDied of wounds received on 5 November
Buried whereEl Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. XIII. J. 23
Places of relevance, , , ,
Last known residence323 Ferguson St, Palmerston North
Awards1939-45 Star, Africa Star, 8th Army Clasp, War Medal 1939-45, NZ War Service Medal
Place of birthFoxton, New Zealand
OccupationRly Employee-Porter
Place of deathWestern Desert
Theatres of warMiddle East
SurnameSYMONS
War memorialFoxton
Place enlistedPalmerston North
Christian namesWilfrid Brien
SchoolFoxton DHS
WarsWW 11
Service number7851
Date enlisted19 September 1939
Final rankStaff Sergeant
Regiment or serviceNZ Machine Gun Battalion (27th)
User reference1.32

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Will: Archives NZ, Wellington.

Reference on his wounding on 5th November: Official History of NZ in the Second World War, 27 (machine Gun) Battalion by Robin Kay

Chapter 14, The Pursuit, page 299

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