George Henry Herdman

Forenames

George Henry AWMM

Surname

Herdman AWMM

Service number

76042 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

1920

Public - Allan - Researcher - 5 October 2022 - NZ Births Register

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 9th Heavy Regiment, North Head, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Newman (sister), C/o 68 South Street, Fielding, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

• Regular Military Service AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

76042 AWMM

Military service

9th Heavy Regiment AWMM

Enlistment

Unknown AWMM Soldier/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

Temporary Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Artillery AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidentally killed on active service AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Artillery, 33 Heavy Regiment AWMM

Son of Mary Ann Herdman (nee Bowles), of Feilding AWMM

Death

13 Apr 1943 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM 1.29 AWMM

Memorial name

Memorial in the Feilding Cemetery on the tombstone of Mary Ann Herdman

Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 February 2019 - Manawatu District Council Cemetery Records

Memorial reference

Block 3 Row 7 Plot 504B

Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 February 2019 - Manawatu District Council Cemetery Records

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/2384990
  Sources Used
• The Gunners: An Intimate Record of Units of the 3rd New Zealand Divisonal Artillery in the Pacific from 1940-1945. New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
  https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2IP-Gunn-t1-body1-d6.html
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 8 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1942 to 30th June, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 8: WW2 20
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.