Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Eric Owen Courtney Born 21 April 1909 - Died 15 June 1993 PDF Key details Service number22866 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankLance Bombardier/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 5 Field Regiment, 28 Battery, E Troop AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesEric Owen AWMM SurnameCourtney AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number22866 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth21 April 1909 AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM Tanekaha, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationFarmer/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs O.M. Courtney (mother), Kara, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number22866 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM Whangarei, Northland AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Gunner/Military AWMM 28 Field Battery AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rankLance Bombardier/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 5 Field Regiment, 28 Battery, E Troop AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Typescript transcription taken from a series of four war diaries kept by Lance Bombardier Eric Owen Courtney held at Auckland War Memrial Museum manuscript colections. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death15 June 1993 AWMM Age 84 AWMM Whangarei, Northland AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryCremated AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Eric Owen Courtney by laying a poppy. Edward Hodgson Courtney Edwin James Courtney Eric Owen Courtney Eugene Leo Courtney Frederick Trevor Courtney Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Eric Owen Courtney Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksBirths, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Sources Used Cemetery Records, Whangarei District Council http://www.wdc.govt.nz/FacilitiesandRecreation/Cemeteries/Pages/CemeteryDatabaseSearch.aspx Sources Used Whangarei Probate, Auckland Regional Office file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9124734 Further Reference DocumentsSecond New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 2: WW2 43 AWMM Courtney, Eric Owen. War diaries, 1940 - 1944. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library- Tāmaki Paenga Hira. MS-2002/44. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
