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Full Name
Cyril Stuart MacWilliam
Rank Last Held
Sapper
Forename(s)
Cyril Stuart
Surname
MacWilliam
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
28391
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
  • Sapper
  • Sapper
Occupation before Enlistment
  • Tilemaker
  • Tilemaker
Next of Kin
  • Mrs Gertrude MacWilliam (mother), 11 Western Springs Road, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Mrs Gertrude MacWilliam (mother), 11 Western Springs Road, Auckland, New Zealand
Marital Status
  • Single
  • Single
Enlistment Address
  • 11 Western Springs Road, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 11 Western Springs Road, Auckland, New Zealand
Military District
Auckland
Body on Embarkation
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Unit
  • 20 Field Company
  • New Zealand Engineers
Nominal Roll Number
  • WW2 3
  • WW2 5
Page on Nominal Roll
  • WW2 312
  • WW2 140
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Engineers, 8 Field Company
Place of Death
Western Desert
Date of Death
2 November 1942
Age at Death
24
Year of Death
1942
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Grave Reference
II. D. 26.
Biographical Notes
Son of Crawford and Gertrude MacWilliam, of Auckland
Description of Image
Portrait, Weekly News
Sources Used
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941)
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941)
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org