English Māori Owen Richard Gatman Died 28 November 1941 PDF Key details Service number5177 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankPrivate AWMM 22 Infantry Battalion AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait (kindly provided by family) - This image may be subject to copyright View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesOwen Richard AWMM SurnameGatman AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number5177 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 enlistmentPre Sep 1939 AWMM C/o W. Taylor, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMr W. Gatman ( father), 68 Firth Street, Hamilton East, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 6 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignWestern Desert AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number5177 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military trainingTrentham AWMM Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Sep 1939 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM Levin, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Private AWMM 19 Infantry Battalion AWMM 2NZEF: 1st Echelon 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 22 Infantry Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of William and Frances Gatman, of Otaki, Wellington, New Zealand.Attended Otahuhu Technical High School. Was interested in football.Family say "General Rommel captured the field hospital where their boy was lying wounded." AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death28 November 1941 AWMM Age 26 AWMM Western Desert, North Africa AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled on Active Service AWMM Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAlamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM Hamilton War Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East 3216 AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Owen Richard Gatman by laying a poppy. Nathaniel Johnston Gatley Mervyn William Arthur Gatman Owen Richard Gatman Arthur Dennis Gatrell Kenneth Thomas Gatrell Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Owen Richard Gatman Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2768692 Sources Used DocumentsSecond 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 64 AWMM RSA review: the official journal of the N.Z. Returned Services' Association AWMM RSA Review, August 2000, page 21. AWMM Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. 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. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License