John Fraser King

Forenames

John Fraser AWMM

Surname

King AWMM

Service number

• WWI 71812 AWMM
• WWII 25228 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Tahatai Street, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs J.B. King (mother), 18 Calliope Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mrs D.B. King (wife), Tahatai Street, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 71812 AWMM
• WWII 25228 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Draper/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 23 Apr 1918-18 Jul 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 102 AWMM Private AWMM 24 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM 36th Reinforcements, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
24 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of John Brownlow King and Isobel Blackeston King, of Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Dorothy Beatrice King, of Otahuhu AWMM

Death

26 Mar 1943 AWMM
Age  43 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia AWMM XI. E. 20 AWMM

Memorial name

• Memorial Drive, 1939-1945, Devonport Memorial Drive, Auckland AWMM
• Memorial Drive, Lake Road, Devonport, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24065716
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2183004
  Sources Used

References

• 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.
  WW2 3: WW2 257
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p. 10
• Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.