John David Sanson

Forenames

John David AWMM

Surname

Sanson AWMM

Service number

458311 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

December 9 1921

Public - Alexia - Other relative - 19 April 2023 - Family papers

Place of birth

Te Aroha, Waikato

Public - Alexia - Other relative - 19 April 2023 - Family papers

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Parkhurst, Helensville, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Parkhurst, Helensville, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs Rita Sanson (mother), South Head, Helensville, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Wooe Sanson (wife), Rai Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

458311 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW2 Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW2 Temporary Corporal AWMM New Zealand Infantry Brigade AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Corporal/Military AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
27 (Machine Gun) Battalion AWMM

Son of William Angus and Rita Sanson of South Head, Helensville; husband of Wooe Sanson, of Rai Valley, Marlborough AWMM

Death

16 Apr 1945 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Faenza War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. G. 19 AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kaipara Memorial RSA, 49 Commercial Road, Helensville, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2237806
Sources Used

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• The Weekly News
  1945
• Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  WW2 11: WW2 114
• Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  WW2 15: WW2 126
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.114
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.126