Frank Joseph Antunovich

Forenames

Frank Joseph AWMM

Surname

Antunovich AWMM

Service number

29860 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Pukehuia, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Eva Ralph (mother), Taumarunui, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

29860 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
18 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Luka and Eva Susannah Antunovich of Otanui, King Country AWMM

Death

25 May 1941 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. C. 13. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Upper Wairoa District War Memorial Plaque, 1939-45, Tangiteroria, Northland. AWMM
• Auckland Domain, an Olive Tree (Olea europaea) planted close to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the grounds of the Auckland Domain commemorates those who fought on Crete in 1941. AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/936512
  Sources Used
• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-18Ba.html
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 16
• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.