William Lionel Alder

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William Lionel AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Alder AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Lionel AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 60810 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

25 Dec 1916 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM 6 Water Street, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs L M Alder (mother), 6 Water Street, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII 60810 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 08 Jan 1941 AWMM Storeman/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 New Zealand Artillery, 14 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Artillery, 14 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment AWMM

Son of Arthur Richard Alder and of Lily Maud Alder (nee Duncan) of Opotiki, Bay of Plenty.

Worked for Shell at the Auckland Installation from 1939. Enlisted in 1941, and joined the anti-aircraft training regiment as a gunner. Posted to G Troop, 43rd Battery, 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. After training Lionel sailed for Egypt in April 1941, and was engaged in the Egyptian, Libyan, and Italian campaigns as a gunner. AWMM

Matenga

13 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. F. 5 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

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

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2607947
Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.