Peter Joseph Dragicevich

Forenames

Peter Joseph AWMM

Surname

Dragicevich AWMM

Service number

64968 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Tangaiti R.D., Te Kopuru, New Zealand AWMM
• Tangaihi RD Te Kopuru, New Zealand.
  Public - Susan Mary - Other relative - 27 April 2022 - Family address and I lived there

Next of kin

Mrs T.F. Dragicevich (mother), Tangaiti R.D., Te Kopuru, 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

64968 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Capture details

WW2 POW - Unknown Prisoner of War Camp AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
• 22 Jul 1942 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Died of wounds while P.O.W. AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
24 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Peter Dragicevich was the son of Tony and Phyllis Dragicevich, of Tangaihi, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

22 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXVIII. G. 16. AWMM

Memorial name

• Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville AWMM
• 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.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-24Ba.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2093535
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 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.
  Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. 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.