Alfred Thomas New

Forenames

Alfred Thomas AWMM

Surname

New AWMM

Service number

22473 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

10 May 1915 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 13 Waverley Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Knutsen (sister), 13 Waverley Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

22473 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Grocer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM

Capture details

WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died of sickness whilst a prisoner of war AWMM
• 1 Aug 1944 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Cerebral tumour. AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Death

8 Jan 1944 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria AWMM 5.B.7 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Cody, J. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-21Ba.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2805586
  Sources Used

References

• Cody, J. F., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
• 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 137
• 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.