Private

Lindsay Ralph Swale

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Ralph William and Ivy Ethel Blanche Swale, of Waitoa, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • New Zealand Nominal Rolls (WW2)
  • BDM Online
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

“Official advice has been received that Private Lindsay Ralph Swale, eldest son of Mr and Mrs R. W. Swale, of Waitoa, has been killed in action. Twenty-eight years of age, Pte. Swale was born in Eltham, Taranaki. He commenced his schooling in that province before coming north with his parents, first to the Hauraki Plains and later to Waitoa, where he completed his education. He left New Zealand with the Seventh Reinforcements nearly two years ago, and his brother, Herbert, also left for the Middle East at the same time. The latter was reported wounded last September and returned home at the beginning of this year.” [Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3253, 16 April 1943, Page 5]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
63093
Name:
Lindsay Ralph Swale
Name variation:
Ralph Lindsay Swale (BDM Online)
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
09 January 1915
Place of Birth:
Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs I R E Swale (mother), PO Waitoa
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Locality on Enlistment: 
PO Waitoa
Place of Enlistment: 
Morrinsville, New Zealand
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 24 Battalion

Casualty Details

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

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Face 40.
Cemetery Location: 
Tunisia
Lindsay Ralph Swale
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