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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Lloyd Spinley

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Portrait, Private L. Spinley in uniform - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Private L. Spinley in uniform - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Lloyd AWMM
  • Surname
    Spinley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    28272 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 December 1916 AWMM Otāhuhu, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Beehive Stores, Dargaville, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Sarah Jane Spinley (mother), Lorne Street, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre Nov 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Pacific AWMM
    • Sidi Rezegh AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    28272 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Papakura Military Camp AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Grocer/Civilian AWMM
    Dargaville, Northland AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Lloyd Spinley was the son of Joseph Spinley and of Sarah Jane Spinley (nee Pike), of Morrinsville.

    Left New Zealand twice; first time to Fiji, probably late 1940, and the second time to Egypt in 1941 on the Aquitania (ship)

    His brothers,of Wallace (38281) and Douglas Spinley (3075), also served in World War Two. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. G. 22. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Star List of Casualties

    Morrinsville Star

    Herald List of Casualties AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2383242
    Sources Used
  • Documents
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 448 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 332 AWMM
    • Auckland Star AWMM
      Star List of Casualties AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Herald List of Casualties AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
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