Roy Austin Berkahn

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John and Susanna Berkahn, of Palmerston North.

References:

CWGC

New Zealand Nominal Rolls (WW2)

BDM Online

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

" L/Cpl. Roy Austin Berkahn, a son of Mr and Mrs J. Berkahn, of Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North, has been released from a prisoner-of-war camp and has arrived in Egypt, according to official advice received by his parents. L/Cpl. Berkahn left New Zealand with the Third Echelon and was captured in Crete. He escaped 12 months later and got to Greece, where he was captured again."

MANAWATU STANDARD, VOLUME LXIII, ISSUE 291, 6 NOVEMBER 1943, PAGE 4

Public Contributions:

Submitted by: Cherie Reaburn

Relationship to casualty: Great Niece

Roy was my great uncle. I just spoke with Mum (his niece). He came back on a Red Cross ship and was carried off on a stretcher. He'd been in front of firing squads twice, in POW camps, escaped. ... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number:

24427

Name:

Roy Austin Berkahn

Date of Birth:

30 April 1916

Place of Birth:

Norsewood, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Mr John Berkahn (father), 266 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Locality on Enlistment:

266 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North

Place of Enlistment:

Palmerston North, New Zealand

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation on Enlistment:

Transport Driver

Unit:

New Zealand Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Not known

Date of Death:

19 January 1946

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Palmerston North (Kelvin Grove) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

8. 3. D.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand