Neville James Boswell

Forenames

Neville James AWMM

Surname

Boswell AWMM

Service number

28109 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM 139 New Windsor Road, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM 139 New Windsor Road, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mr J. Boswell (father), 139 New Windsor Road, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Mr J. Boswell (father), 139 New Windsor Road, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

28109 AWMM

Military service

• 30th (Mixed) Battalion AWMM
• B Force, 8th Brigade, New Zealand 3rd Division AWMM

Enlistment

• WW2 Unknown AWMM Storeman/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 Storeman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW2 Private AWMM 30 Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
24 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

• Neville Boswell was the son of James Boswell, and of Mavis Irene Boswell (nee Baldwin), of Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM
• Brother of Gloria Mavis Boswell
  Public - Darrin James - Direct descendant - 6 August 2021 - https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-602764111-1-501462/neville-james-boswell-in-myheritage-family-trees

Death

28 Jun 1942 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I. B. 3. AWMM

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy URL
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-24Ba.html
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2092443
  Sources Used

References

• 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.
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• 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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• Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171)
• Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.