Alexander Graham Willis b. Abt 1912 New Zealand d. 17 Jul 1942 Western Desert, North Africa

Abt 1912 - 1942 (~ 30 years)

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Name	Alexander Graham Willis [1]
Born	Abt 1912	New Zealand [2]
Gender	Male
Military Service	77 Pitt Street, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand
	Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
	FULL NAME Alexander Graeme Willis RANK LAST HELD Sergeant WAR World War II, 1939-1945 SERIAL NO. 2008 GENDER Male FIRST KNOWN RANK Lance Bombardier OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT Records clerk NEXT OF KIN Mrs H. Willis (wife), 77 Pitt Street, Wellington, New Zealand MARITAL STATUS Married ENLISTMENT ADDRESS 77 Pitt Street, Wellington, New Zealand MILITARY DISTRICT Wellington BODY ON EMBARKATION Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) EMBARKATION UNIT Headquarters, 4 Field Regiment NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER WW2 1 PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL WW2 197 CAMPAIGNS Western Desert MILITARY AWARDS Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) LAST UNIT SERVED New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment PLACE OF DEATH Western Desert DATE OF DEATH 17 July 1942 AGE AT DEATH 30 YEAR OF DEATH 1942 CEMETERY NAME El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt GRAVE REFERENCE I. A. 13. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Alexander Willis was the son of Basil Willis and of Winonah Willis (nee Ahearn), of Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Kathryn Willis, of Trentham, Wellington. SOURCES USED Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940) Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org Source Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph Database
Died	17 Jul 1942	Western Desert, North Africa
Buried	El Alamein, Egypt
Person ID	I12661	Frost Family
Last Modified	24 Oct 2018

Father	Basil Frederick Willis
Mother	Wenonah Christobel Ahearn, b. 1889, d. 1928 (Age 39 years)
Married	Abt 1910	New Zealand [3]
Divorced	1923
Family ID	F3824	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Kathryn (Willis)

Children

1. Wenonah Willis

Last Modified 26 Feb 2014

Family ID F3831 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Born - Abt 1912 - New Zealand
	Buried - - El Alamein, Egypt

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Sources

[S137] Jon Baker's family History, Jon Baker, (http://vectisjon.com/familyhistory/index.php).
[S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1912/14911 (Reliability: 3).
Willis Alexander Graham; Mother Wenonah Christabel; Father Basil Frederick
[S10] Marriage Register Index , 1910/6945 (Reliability: 3).