Eric Thomas Erne

Forenames

Eric Thomas AWMM

Surname

Erne AWMM

Service number

70159 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Matakohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs P.G. Erne (mother), Matakohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

70159 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 14 Brigade, Headquarters AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
14 Brigade Defence Platoon AWMM

Son of William John and Priscilla Gertrude Erne, of Matakoke AWMM

Death

17 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM 6.11 AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Matakohe War Memorial hall, The Kauri Museum, 5 Church Road, Matakohe, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2384957
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 46
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• The kai-courier. Magazine of returning forces on board H.M.T. No. 230, 'Kaikoura'. Departing Suez on 6 March 1919.