Kenneth Garret Dee

Captain

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Patrick and Kathleen Dee.

References:

CWGC

New Zealand Nominal Rolls (WW2)

BDM Online

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

“OKOROIRE MAN KILLED – Captain Kenneth G. Dee, reported killed in action, is the son of Mr and Mrs P. G. Dee, of Okoroire, and was well known in the Matamata district. He was educated at King’s College, Auckland, and engaged in farming at Okoroire. Always keen on military training, he held a commission in the Territorials when war broke out, and he left New Zealand with the Second Echelon with the rank of lieutenant, gaining promotion to captain after service in Greece and Crete.” [Waikato Times, Volume 131, Issue 21877, 4 November 1942, Page 2]

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Casualty

Service Number:

20067

Name:

Kenneth Garret Dee

Name variation:

Kenneth Hicks Garret Dee (BDM Online)

Rank:

Captain

Date of Birth:

06 April 1914

Place of Birth:

Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand

Education:

King's College, Auckland

Next of Kin:

Mr Patrick John Dee (father), Okoroire, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Locality on Enlistment:

Okoroire, New Zealand

Place of Enlistment:

Morrinsville, New Zealand

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation on Enlistment:

Farmer

Employer:

Okoroire

Unit:

New Zealand Infantry, 21 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

24 October 1942

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 2nd Echelon

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

El Alamein War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

I. E. 17.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt