Victor Edwin Smale

Forenames

Victor Edwin AWMM

Surname

Smale AWMM

Service number

434617 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1922

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Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Thomas Phillip & Margaret SMALE of Gisborne - twin brother to Leslie Thomas SMALE

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Address before enlistment

• WW2 Pio Pio AWMM
• Pio Pio, King Country NZ
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Next of kin

WW2 Mrs. A.A. Smale, Pio Pio (w) AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 1943 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• 1943 Victor Edwin SMALE married Annie Augusta WEBB - They had one son
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

434617 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.178 P. & T. cadet 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.178

Embarkation details

WW2 Sergeant 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.178 Armoured Brigade 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.178 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Trooper AWMM
20 Armoured Regiment AWMM

Victor Smale was the son of Thomas Philip and Margaret Smale, of Gisborne, New Zealand; husband of Anne Smale, of Gisborne. AWMM

Death

15 Dec 1944 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI, A, 10. AWMM

Obituary

Trooper V. E. Smale, whose address was given as Piopio in yesterday s list, is a Gisborne boy, twin son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Smale. lie was educated in Gisborne, and later entered the employ of the Post and Telegrapn Department, where he was working when called up for Territorial service in 1941. He was later selected for the training cadre, and eventually gained a Territorial commission, which he surrendered last year to proceed overseas with the l0th Reinforcement to the Middle East. He was well known in Rugby football and wrestling circles, prior to his going into the army. His departure for overseas service was delayed owing to his age. Trooper Smale having reached 21 years only shortly before he transferred to the reinforcement pool. His wife, formerly Miss A. Webb, Piopio, is left with one infant son.

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GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21599, 29 DECEMBER 1944, PAGE 4

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2207304
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.178
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.