John Esmond Marshall

Forenames

John Esmond AWMM

Surname

Marshall AWMM

Service number

• WWII NZD2822 AWMM
• WWII 2822 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

20 Apr 1920 Public Source

Date of birth

20/4/1920

Public - Alfred Warwick - Sibling - 18 July 2015 - Family oral history

Place of birth

Thames, New Zealand

Public - Alfred Warwick - Sibling - 18 July 2015 - Family oral history

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Navy AWMM

Service number

• WWII NZD2822 AWMM
• WWII 2822 AWMM

Military service

• Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Scheme F AWMM
  Hostilities Only Scheme 'F' AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Navy AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve AWMM
• Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, Scheme F AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sub Lieutenant AWMM
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve AWMM

Son of Henry Horace and Constance Marshall of Thames

The CWGC register gives Marshall's home base as HMS Ringtail (Burscough, Lancashire). AWMM

Death

13 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland AWMM Glanalina Extension, Section D, Grave 30 AWMM

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/2931004
  Sources Used
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
  Further Reference

References

• Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand.
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand.
  Allison, D. (2009). p166
• Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 3), Archives New Zealand, R21465677, AAYT 8490
• Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 5), Archives New Zealand, R21465679, AAYT
• Allison, D., Richards, R., & Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. (2009). Flying navy : the story of new zealanders who flew in the fleet air arm in world war i and world war ii and the roll of honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland [N.Z.] : Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.