English Māori Henry Roy Hume Died 1 December 1941 PDF Key details Service number26306 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankCaptain/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 5 Field Regiment AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Roll of Honour, Officers' Club Auckland (photo John Halpin, January 2012) - CC BY John Halpin View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesHenry Roy AWMM SurnameHume AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number26306 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship statusPre 1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignWestern Desert AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number26306 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.171 Oil Company representative/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.171 Te Kuiti, Waikato 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.171 Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Second Lieutenant 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.171 Infantry Reinforcements 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.171 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 rankCaptain/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 5 Field Regiment AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › A war biography, compiled by Hume's nephew, Roland Hume, is held in the Auckland Museum Library Manuscript Collection (MS 2004/25). It contains biographical notes, correspondence, photographs and official records outlining Hume's military career, with some details also of the Hume family. Also included are extracts from printed material such as newspaper clippings relating to his death, wedding invitations from his marriage to Ailsa Maud Howard, as well as official published sources on the NZ Field Artillery during the Libyan campaign.Member of College Rifles Rugby Football Club AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death1 December 1941 AWMM Age 39 AWMM Western Desert, North Africa AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled on Active Service AWMM Death notes CemeteryKnightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. D. 12 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameRoll of Honour, Officers' Club Auckland, The Northern Club, 19 Princes Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Henry Roy Hume by laying a poppy. Helm David Alexander Hume Henry Francis Hume Henry Roy Hume Jack Hume James Hume Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Henry Roy Hume Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-1993-139 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2162466 Sources Used DocumentsHume, Roland Graham. War biographies 2004. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2004/25. AWMM Murphy, W. (1966). 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. 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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.171 AWMM Neillands, Robin. Eighth Army : From the Western Desert to the Alps, 1939-1945. John Murray, 2004 pp Public - Howard Richard - Child - 29 November 2017 - Military History pp 97-98 Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 29 November 2017Howard RichardCalgary, Alberta, CanadaChild 30 August 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher 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
