Charles Stanley Hemmingson

Forenames

Charles Stanley AWMM

Surname

Hemmingson AWMM

Service number

3206 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Oates Road, Glen Eden, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs L. Hemmingson (mother), Oates Road, Glen Eden, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 05 Jan 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

3206 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Stationhand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 18 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
18 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Neil Hemmingson and of Lilian Hemmingson (nee Wood), of Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM

Death

25 May 1941 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 6. C. 18 AWMM

Memorial name

Glen Eden RSA 1939-1945 Memorial

Public - Raewynn - Researcher - 10 March 2015 - Glen Eden RSA

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/936766
  Sources Used
• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-18Ba.html
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 1: WW2 79
• Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. 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.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.