Captain

Robert Edgeworth Horrocks

MC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Lindsay Brownlow Horrocks and Minnie Robina Horrocks, of Auckland City, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
25200
Name:
Robert Edgeworth Horrocks
Rank: 
Captain
Date of Birth:
09 September 1916
Place of Birth: 
Auckland, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M.R. Horrocks (mother), 27 St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Whakatane Board Mills Ltd, Whakatane, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Accountant
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 21 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
28 November 1943
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
27
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 September 1941
Destination:
Egypt (19 October 1941)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XVI. B. 18.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Robert Edgeworth Horrocks
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