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Serjeant WILLIAM FRANCIS TOWNSEND

Service Number: 5/5/1729
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Military Forces

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1942

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WELLINGTON (KARORI) CEMETERY

24. D/3. (S).

New Zealand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Husband of Muriel Ena Townsend, of Island Bay, Wellington City.
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Buried or commemorated at

WELLINGTON (KARORI) CEMETERY
Wellington City New Zealand
Number of casualties: 393
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