Esbert Eric Heenan

Forenames

Esbert Eric AWMM

Surname

Heenan AWMM

Service number

WWII 36174 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 C/- D.W. Parker, Canal Road, Waitakaruru, Hauraki Plains, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mr Garth Heenan (father), Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

North Africa AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 36174 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
22 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Esbert Heenan was the son of Garth Eric Vaughan Heenan and of Rosalie Ida Grace Heenan (nee Becker), of Nukualofa, Tonga, Friendly Islands. AWMM

Death

24 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

I. E. 23., El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-22Ba-f6.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2094580
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 207
• Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  Henderson, J. (1958) p.472
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.