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Albert Ernest King

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of George Albert and Isabella King, of Dunedin, Otago.

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  • CWGC
  • WW2 RoH
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"A soldier was killed and four others injured when the truck in which they were travelling overturned on Greenstreed Road, near Ashburton, yesterday. They were— Killed Private Albert Ernest King, aged 20, of 107 Arthur Street, Dunedin. Injured Lance-Corporal Walter Russell Fox, aged 20, of 75 Ban Street, Momington, Dunedin; head injuries and abrasions. Private Andrew Roger Harvey, aged 28, of Waikaka, Gore; fractured thigh and general injuries. The two others were treated aa outpatients. Private King died before admission to hospital. The truck, which contained seven men, got out of control in loose gravel and overturned."

[Waikato Times, Volume 132, Issue 22040, 18 May 1943, Page 2]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
449934
Name:
Albert Ernest King
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Motor Vehicle Accident
Date of Death:
17 May 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Dunedin (Anderson's Bay) Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
20. 2.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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