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David Powell Lindsay

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of James and Rosa Emily Lindsay; husband of Mabel Elizabeth Lindsay, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Dave Lindsay won the national titles for the 440 yards and 880 yards freestyle each on five occasions between 1927 and 1934. Team member for the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
A lieutenant in the 2nd New Zealand Division in World War II, he was killed in the battle for Orsogna in southern Italy on the 12th December 1943. He and seven other members of his platoon were victims of a shell from an Allied 25-pounder that fired short. Buried in Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy.
 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
621341
Name:
David Powell Lindsay
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 26 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
12 December 1943
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
37
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Sangro River War Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
XVI. C. 23.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
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