Sonny Wolfgramm

Forenames

Sonny AWMM

Surname

Wolfgramm AWMM

Service number

26096 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1919

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Birth notes

Son of Gustav Wolfgramm and of Lena Wolfgramm (nee Douglas), of Rotorua

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs L. Manahi (sister), Ohinemutu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Western Desert AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

26096 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Sergeant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM

Sonny Wolfgramm was the son of Gustav Wolfgramm and of Lena Wolfgramm (nee Douglas), of Rotorua, New Zealand.

Sonny Wolfgramm's names appears on the war memorial in Rotorua. AWMM

Death

22 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Place of death

Egypt

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Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery name

Alamein Memorial, Egypt

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Grave reference

REF: Column 106.

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Obituary

WOLFGRAMM. — Killed in action overseas - Sergeant Roland (Sonny), only beloved son of the late Gus and Lena Wolfgramm.
— Inserted by his uncles, Albert and Alfred.

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Memorial name

• Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Rotorua Citizens War Memorial (World War 2) AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2769728
  Sources Used

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
• 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.
  WW2 4: WW2 386
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.