Allen Wiremu Edmund Armstrong

Forenames

Allen Wiremu Edmund AWMM

Surname

Armstrong AWMM

Service number

62390 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1917

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Birth notes

Son of Samuel and Mary Emma Armstrong.

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.E. Armstrong, Lake Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

62390 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Samuel and Mary Emma Armstrong

Next of Kin differs, Mrs M.E.Armstrong, 31 Gladstone Rd, Whakatane (mother) AWMM

Death

27 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 22. H. 3. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2115647
Sources Used

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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Cody, J. F., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.