Sergeant

Bruce Herbert Fowke

MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Herbert and Margaret Fowke; husband of Cicely May Helen Fowke, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

Bruce Herbert Fowke is my mother's (Betty Wilma Russell, nee Fowke) brother who was killed in action on 15 December 1944 at Faenza. Along with many other of the fallen his name appears on the memoria... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
6735
Name:
Bruce Herbert Fowke
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
19 January 1915
Next of Kin: 
Mr H. Fowke (father), Ashburton, New Zealand|Mrs Cicely May Helen Fowke (wife), 304 N Willow Park Road, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Sedcole Street, Paihiatua, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Painter|Painter
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 22 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
15 December 1944
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 2nd Echelon
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
VI, B, 2.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Bruce Herbert Fowke
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