Staff Sergeant

Albert Edward New

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Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Frederick Thomas New and Sarah New, of Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Casualty

Service Number: 
2882
Name:
Albert Edward New
Rank: 
Staff Sergeant
Date of Birth:
07 July 1911
Place of Birth:
MWT, Pahiatua,
Next of Kin: 
Mr F I New (father), 131 Main Highway, Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
131 Main Highway, Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Painter
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Engineers

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Accidentally killed
Date of Death:
04 January 1946
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
34
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
05 January 1940
Destination:
Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XIII. B. 16.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Albert Edward New
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