Corporal

Samuel Frederick Durant

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Samuel and Scipia Elizabeth Durant; husband of Elsie Ingarangi Durant, of Te Kopuru, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
3196
Name:
Samuel Frederick Durant
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Elsie I. Durant (wife), C/o R.G.C. Marshall, Te Kopuru, Dargaville, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
C/o W. Campbell, Te Kopuru, Dargaville, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farm hand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 18 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
25 November 1941
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
30
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: 
Coll. grave 6. J. 3.
Cemetery Location: 
Libya
Samuel Frederick Durant
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