Gunner

Sydney Roy Broadbent

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Violet Broadbent, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; foster-son of Wilhelmina Newton, of Bromley, Christchurch.

References:
  • CWGC
  • WW2 RoH
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
1893
Name:
Sydney Roy Broadbent
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
14 June 1916
Place of Birth: 
Christchurch, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs C Newton (foster mother), 375 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
375 Linwood Avenue, Bromley, Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farm labourer
Unit:
New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
24 October 1942
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
06 January 1940
Destination:
Port Tewfik, Egypt (11 February 1940)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
VI. C. 8.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
Sydney Roy Broadbent
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