Mervyn Henry Cotterell

Forenames

Mervyn Henry AWMM

Surname

Cotterell AWMM

Service number

68322 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Matakana, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Matakana, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs E.L. Cotterell (mother), 50 Durham Street, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs E.L. Cotterell (mother), 50 Durham Street, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Pacific Theatre of War AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

68322 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW2 Unknown AWMM Dairy Company Employee/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 Dairy Company Employee/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW2 Private AWMM 35 Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Private AWMM Headquarters, 14 Brigade AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
14 Brigade Defence Platoon AWMM

Death

17 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM 1. 32 AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum, Memorial Plaque WW2 AWMM
• Kawakawa District War Memorial, Kawakawa and Districts War Memorial Domain AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Warkworth RSA, 1939 - 1945, wood inlay, Puhoi, Kaipara Flats, Matakana, Leigh AWMM
• 29 Albert Street, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Kawakawa Memorial Library Centre, Wynard Street, Kawakawa, Northland, New Zealand
  http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3128
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2384938
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 7: WW2 35
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 9: WW2 89
• Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.