Private

Eric Winslow Swain

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of George Swain and of Florence A. Swain (nee Silcock), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8255
Name:
Eric Winslow Swain
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mr George Swain (father), Mihiwaka, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Mihiwaka, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Wood merchant
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
27 April 1941
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Face 14.
Cemetery Location: 
Greece
Eric Winslow Swain
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