Stephen Robert William Bomford

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Stephen Robert William AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Bomford AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

R.R.W. Blomford AWMM

Nama Hōia

38205 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM 1 Hart Road, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Bessie Kathleen Bomford (mother), 1 Hart Road, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

North Africa AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

38205 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Industrial chemist/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidentally killed on active service AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps, 2 New Zealand General Hospital AWMM

Son of Dr William Harold Bomford L.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.I., and of Bessie Kathleen Bomford, of Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand B.Sc.

Two sons, brothers John Hamilton Bomford (NZ413808) and Stephen Robert William Bomford (38205) died in WW2.

Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna.

Named R.R.W. Blomford on the Takapuna War Memorial AWMM

Matenga

21 Oct 1943 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Accidental Death AWMM

Urupā

Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 1. D. 8. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Takapuna War Memorial, (ex RSA Roll, on a boulder), The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Takapuna Grammar School War Memorial, (Foyer, Library), 210 Lake Road, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Takapuna War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/takapuna-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Takapuna Grammar School virtual tour
  http://www.takapuna.school.nz/about/virtual-tour/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2114431
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• McKinney, J. (1952). Medical units of 2NZEF in Middle East and Italy. Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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.
  WW2 3: WW2 45
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.