Corporal

John Reginald Blunden

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Harold Ernest Blunden and of Henrietta Langton Blunden (nee Denshire); husband of Jean Anderson Blunden, of Grassey Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand. Commended for Gallantry.

References:
  • CWGC
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
19918
Name:
John Reginald Blunden
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs J.A. Blunden (wife), Matewai, Grassey Hills, Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Waikakahi RMD, Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Labourer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Armoured Corps, 20 Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
07 January 1945
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
34
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II, A, 17.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
John Reginald Blunden
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