condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Colin Henry Greiner

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait, Colin Henry Greiner, standing on the train platform, kindly provided Sue Morris Gt Niece) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Colin Henry Greiner, standing on the train platform, kindly provided Sue Morris Gt Niece) …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Greiner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    6042 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    1905 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 14 November 1939 AWMM 53 Young Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Nicholas Greiner (father), 53 Devon Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6042 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
    • WW2
      18 May 1941 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM
      Sep 1941 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 Safe in England 29 May 1945 AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    450 AWMM

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank
    WW2 4 December 1945 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of Aada Elizabeth Greiner and Nicholas Greiner.

    Reported missing 25 May 1941. Confirmed POW July 1941. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    4 May 1971 AWMM
    Age 66 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM Services Cremation Block B Plot 9 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Colin Henry Greiner by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Colin Henry Greiner

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 70 AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family 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.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.