Robert Anderson Pedley

Forenames

Robert Anderson AWMM

Surname

Pedley AWMM

Service number

37159 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 142 Puriri St., Castlecliff, Wanganui AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs. Anna Pedley, 142 Puriri St., Castlecliff, Wanganui (mother) AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

37159 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.373 Labourer (freezing-works) 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.373

Embarkation details

WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.373 Infantry Reinforcements 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.373 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Capture details

• WW2
  22 Jul 1942 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM
  1 Apr 1945 AWMM
  Air Raid AWMM
• WW2 POW - P.G. 73, Carpi, Italy AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
• 4 Jan 1945 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Received fatal injuries during allied air raid while P.O.W. AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
25 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Robert Pedley was the son of Robert and Emma Eliza Pedley, of Castlecliff, Wanganui, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

1 Apr 1945 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria AWMM 4. A. 7. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2805608
  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

• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.373
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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.