Roy Austin Berkahn

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John and Susanna Berkahn, of Palmerston North.

References:

CWGC

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

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Casualty

Service Number:

24427

Name:

Roy Austin Berkahn

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

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