Allan Edward Manus Agnew

Forenames

Allan Edward Manus AWMM

Surname

Agnew AWMM

Also known as

Allan Edward Marries Agnew AWMM

Service number

9105 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 161 Bay View Road, Dunedin S2, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Nona Elizabeth Agnew (wife), 161 Bay View Road, Dunedin S2, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

9105 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 12 Light Aid Detachment AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Capture details

• WW2
  2 Jan 1942 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Dulag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Germany AWMM
• WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Poland AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
• 2 Feb 1945 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  fall causing wound sorts with haemorrhage AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
Divisional Ordnance AWMM

Son of Edward Agnew and of Irene Elizabeth Agnew (nee Bell), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Nona Elizabeth Agnew, of Dunedin.

Name Marries listed on the Nominal Roll not Manus

A recording of Allan Agnew sending greetings from North Africa to his family in New Zealand is held at the Sound Archives. He requested Treasure Island be played. Ref. DAT 76 Tk8 (58 sec). AWMM

Death

• 2 Feb 1945 AWMM
  Age  29 AWMM
• 2 Feb 1945 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
  Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Memorial name

Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2118997
  Sources Used
• A greeting recorded by Allan Agnew in 1940 can be found on Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's online catalogue. U-series. Greetings from Egypt. Alan Agnew 10949.
  https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/10949
  Further Reference
• Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
  Sources Used
• Johnston, Sarah. (2023). “With the boys overseas: How Homefront listeners shaped the work of Aotearoa New Zealand's first battlefront broadcasters”. New Zealand Journal of Public History, 9, 33-58.
  https://phanza.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sarah-Johnston-With-the-Boys-Overseas.pdf
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 1: WW2 6
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151)
• This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.