Birth Registration / 1914/10537 / Name: Phelan, William Joseph / Parents: Mary Ann & George Arthur Thomas
Marriage Registration / 1935/10798 / Marjory Helene Eustege & William Joseph Roach
Online Cenotaph, Auckland Museums 162131, William Joseph Roach, WWII 540159, Army, previous address 101 College St, Palmerston North; next of kin Mrs M. H. Roach, c/o R. Larsen, Kopuarahi, R.D., Turua (wife); embarkation: driver, 3rd N.Z. Division, 2nd N.Z.E.F.
Death Registration / 1974/35656 / Name: Roach, William Joseph / DOB: 7 March 1914
Archives New Zealand, Rotorua Probate Files R18746424, probate file for William Joseph Roach, Opotiki, Grader Driver, 1974. Will dated 1970 of William Joseph Roach of Opotiki, grader driver; appointing executrix his wife Dulcie Vida Roach; beneficiaries Dulcie Vida Roach; or alternatively his step-daughter Pamela Delys Butson and 2 daughters [named], and his other children [unnamed]. Affidavit by Dulcie Vida Roach of Opotiki, widow; William was resident at Opotiki and died there on 18 June 1974. Probate granted on 11 July 1974.
Find A Grave: Memorial #179076901, photo of plaque at Opotiki Lawn Cemetery, Soldiers Secton, Row 20; 540159 DVR. W. J. Roach; N.Z. Army Service Corps; died 18 June 1874. [Middle name Frederick is an error?]
Research Notes
The FindAGrave profile states that his biological father was Albert Joseph Roach, and he adopted the Roach surname at some point.
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