Cecil Harold Timmins

Private

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Patrick and Minnie Timmins; husband of Josephine Timmins, of Whitehall, Waikato.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Found lying in a paddock suffering from a revolver shot wound in the head, a New Zealand soldier died shortly after admission to the Auckland Hospital yesterday. He was Mr. Cecil Harold Timmins, aged 31, married, of 10, Arapuni Avenue, Onehunga. Mr. Timmins was found in a paddock in Namata Road, Onehunga, by a State housing tradesman working in the vicinity. A revolver was found beside the injurered man. Mr. F. K. Hunt held an inquest this morning, when a verdict of suicide by shooting was returned."

AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LXXIV, ISSUE 174, 24 JULY 1943, PAGE 6

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Casualty

Service Number:

8743

Name:

Cecil Harold Timmins

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs J. Timmins (wife), 10 Arapuni Avenue, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

116 Manukau Road, Royal Oak, Auckland, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Farm hand

Unit:

New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Suicide

Date of Death:

23 July 1943

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 8th Reinforcements

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

10 December 1942

Vessel:

Aquitania

Destination:

Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Hillsborough Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Area 2, Block M, Grave 3.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand