William Joseph Broughan

Forenames

William Joseph AWMM

Surname

Broughan AWMM

Service number

10730 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Spring Creek, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr William Broughan (father), Spring Creek, Marlborough, 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

10730 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 23 Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Warrant Officer Class 2 AWMM
23 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

23 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM II. B. 7. AWMM

Memorial name

Marlborough War Memorial, Second World War Panel AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2092555
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• The kai-courier. Magazine of returning forces on board H.M.T. No. 230, 'Kaikoura'. Departing Suez on 6 March 1919.