Lance Corporal

John Leon Herbert

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John Herbert and of Irene Herbert (nee Binney); husband of Mavis Mary Herbert, of Otaki, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
16203
Name:
John Leon Herbert
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
30 September 1910
Place of Birth: 
Wakefield, England
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Mavis Mary Herbert (wife), 110 Waimea Street, Nelson, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
RMD Takaka, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 23 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
23 October 1942
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
27 August 1940
Destination:
Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. H. 6.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
John Leon Herbert
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