Walter Francis Leonard BILBY [1363]
- Born: 6 Apr 1910, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
- Died: 28 Apr 1945, At Sea at age 35
- Buried: Bourail Memorial, New Caledonia, CWWG
 General Notes:
NZ BDM Online Index
1910/1323 Bilby Walter Francis Leonard, Catherine, Thomas Charles
1945/62073Bilby Walter Leonard Francis35y
Bilby Walter Leonard Francis died at sea in WW2.
Evening Post, 15 May 1943:
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
BILBY Walter L.F., Pte. Mrs C Bilby, 47 Tennyson St., Petone.
Auckland Cenotaph database:
Full Name: Walter Leonard Francis Bilby
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Walter Leonard Francis
Surname: Bilby
War: World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.: 68891
Last Unit Served: New Zealand Infantry
Place of Death: At sea
Date of Death: 28 April 1945
Age at Death: 35
Year of Death: 1945
Memorial Name: Bourail Memorial, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery; New Caledonia Greytown War Memorial Baths and Avenue of Remembrance, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, New Zealand
Memorial Reference: Panel 1.
Description of Image: Bourail Memorial panels left Panel 1 Bourail Memorial, Panel 1. names Greytown Memorial Baths: (photo G.A. Fortune, 2012) Name plaque, Greytown Memorial Baths (photo G.A. Fortune, 2012) View of pool, Greytown Memorial Baths (photo G.A. Fortune, 2012) Heritage trail sign, Greytown Memorial Baths (photo G.A. Fortune, 2012)
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Other Records
• NZ Electoral Rolls 1853-1981: labourer, 1935, 47 Tennyson St, Petone, Wellington.
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