Harold Cuthbert Sedgwick Woolcott

Forenames

Harold Cuthbert Sedgwick AWMM

Surname

Woolcott AWMM

Service number

WWII 2386 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

29 May 1909 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 P.O. Box 22, Cheviot, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs E.G. Woolcott (mother), 26 Kenny Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 05 Jan 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 2386 AWMM

Military service

New Zealand Engineers, 6 Field Company AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Civil Engineer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 5 Field Park Company AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
  Wounded, 1 December 1941 AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Major/Military AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM

Son of Alfred Charles Woolcott and Edith Gaston Woolcott (nee Harrison) of Auckland, New Zealand.

Officer in Command, 6 Field Company 1941 -42 AWMM

Death

24 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  33 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM II. A. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Officers' Club Auckland, The Northern Club, 19 Princes Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• St. Aidans Church, 5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1050 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Cody, J. (1961). New Zealand Engineers. Middle East. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy at
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Engr.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2213149
  Sources Used

References

• Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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 201
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.