Lance Corporal

John Norris Russell

MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Norris and Hilda Callis Russell, of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Ida Ruth Russell, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
297309
Name:
John Norris Russell
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Ida Ruth Russell (wife), 302 Greys Road, Hastings, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Wainui Beach, Gisborne, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Truck driver
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 22 (Motor) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
03 May 1945
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. D. 14.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
John Norris Russell
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