Staff Sergeant

Allan Edward Cornish

MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William Cornish and of Hilda Cornish (nee Boyce), of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand; husband of Patricia Doreen Cornish, of Mount Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
1096
Name:
Allan Edward Cornish
Rank: 
Staff Sergeant
Date of Birth:
04 July 1914
Next of Kin: 
Mr W.T. Cornish (father), Broadway, Picton, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Broadway, Picton, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Hairdresser
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Armoured Corps, 2 Divisional Cavalry Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Accidental death on active service
Date of Death:
15 June 1945
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
30
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Destination:
Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. D. 4.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Allan Edward Cornish
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