Charles Stewart Lovett

Forenames

Charles Stewart AWMM

Surname

Lovett AWMM

Service number

6976 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

8/12/99

Public - Dean - Direct descendant - 13 September 2017 - Military file

Place of birth

Ashburton

Public - Dean - Direct descendant - 13 September 2017 - Military file

Birth notes

Son of Edward Lovett and of Mary Lovett (nee Spence), of Ashburton,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 September 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20953926/charles_stewart-lovett

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 32 Anzac Parade, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr William J. Lovett (brother), Woollen Mills, Aramoho, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

6976 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Stoker AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 22 Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Capture details

• WW2
  28 Jun 1942 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Dulag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Germany AWMM
• WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Poland AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
• 2 Dec 1945 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Died while P.O.W. (perforated ulcer) AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
22 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Edward Lovett and of Mary Lovett (nee Spence), of Ashburton. AWMM

Death

12 Feb 1945 AWMM
Age  46 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland AWMM 18. B. 3. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2194332
  Sources Used
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
  Further Reference

References

• Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 2: WW2 112
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.