Peter Swarbrick

Forenames

Peter AWMM

Surname

Swarbrick AWMM

Service number

49847 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1916

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Place of birth

New Zealand

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Birth notes

Son of Louis Peters & Bessie SWARBRICK

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Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Kiwitahi RD, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Kiwitahi RD, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mr S.P. Swarbrick, Kiwitahi, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
• Mr S.P. Swarbrick, Kiwitahi, Morrinsville, 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

49847 AWMM

Military service

• 36 Infantry Battalion, D Company AWMM
• N Force AWMM

Enlistment

• WW2 Unknown AWMM Dairy sharemilker/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 Dairy sharemilker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW2 Private AWMM 36 Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Corporal/Military AWMM 36 Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
36 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Louis Pieters Swarbrick and Bessie Swarbrick of Kiwitahi AWMM

Death

12 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Kingston Cemetery, Norfolk Island, Pacific Islands AWMM Grave 689 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2385257
Sources Used

References

• The Weekly News
  Weekly News, 1943
• 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 7: WW2 136
• 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 9: WW2 386
• Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218)
• Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. 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.