Mervyn Keith Wackrow

Gunner

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Allan and Susan Ethel Wackrow, of Hamilton.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"At the inquest into the death of Gunner Mervyn Keith Wackrow, who was found dead in his bed at a Northland artillery post, the coroner found that death was due to heart failure. Gunner Wackrow's relatives reside at Frankton Junction."

AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LXXIII, ISSUE 218, 15 SEPTEMBER 1942, PAGE 4

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Casualty

Service Number:

1/15/2523

Name:

Mervyn Keith Wackrow

Rank:

Gunner

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

12 September 1942

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Ngaruawahia Public Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

28H.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand