Lance Corporal

John Turnbull Mehaffey

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Harold James Campbell Mehaffey and of Veronica Elizabeth Mehaffey (nee Turnbull), of Tauranga, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
6876
Name:
John Turnbull Mehaffey
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
20 June 1916
Place of Birth: 
Wellington, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs V.E. Mehaffey (mother), 57 Jackson Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
37 Racecourse Road, Waipukurau, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Clerk
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
20 May 1941
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 2nd Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
02 May 1940
Vessel:
Empress of Britain
Destination:
Egypt (diverted to England)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Face 13.
Cemetery Location: 
Greece
John Turnbull Mehaffey
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