English Māori Philomel Francis Canning Died 4 June 1941 PDF Key details Service number14593 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankPrivate AWMM 20 Infantry Battalion AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait from The Weekly News; 10 September 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesPhilomel Francis AWMM SurnameCanning AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number14593 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM 11 Jackson's Terrace, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs I.S.M. Canning (mother), 11 Jackson's Terrace, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignGreece AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number14593 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Seaman AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankPrivate AWMM 20 Infantry Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Philomel Canning was the son of John Francis Canning and Ivy Selina May Canning (nee Jeffery), of Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death4 June 1941 AWMM Age 26 AWMM Greece, Europe AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled on Active Service AWMM Death notes CemeteryPhaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM 8. B. 19. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Philomel Francis Canning by laying a poppy. Joseph William Canning Louis Canning Philomel Francis Canning Robert Alexander Canning Sidney Donald Canning Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Philomel Francis Canning Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects The kit-bag : the unofficial record of the following units of the Fourteenth… Library / Pictorial › publication Cape Town D526.2 KIT Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2931907 Sources Used DocumentsSecond 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. AWMM WW2 3: WW2 74 AWMM Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. 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
