Alan Cecil Turtill

Forenames

Alan Cecil AWMM

Surname

Turtill AWMM

Also known as

Allen Cecil Turtill AWMM

Service number

20065 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Dick Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Joan Douglas Turtill (wife), Dick Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

20065 AWMM

Military service

17th Waikato Regiment AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Chiropractor/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Lieutenant/Military AWMM 21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Captain/Military AWMM
21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

29 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. F. 23. 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
• Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial plaque, St Peter's Anglican Church, 11 Killarney Street, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
• Cambridge World War Two War Memorials AWMM
• Cambridge World War Two War Memorials AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Cambridge Museum Roll of Honour WW2
  http://www.cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Military/ww2/ww2roh.htm
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Takapuna War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/takapuna-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2383429
  Sources Used

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• 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.
  WW2 2: WW2 189
• Cody, J. F., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
• Information kindly provided by family