Lance Sergeant

Martin Silke

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Martin Silke and of Norah Silke (nee Costella), of Nelson. New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8517
Name:
Martin Silke
Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Broadbent (sister), 159 Collingwood Street, Nelson, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Spooner's Camp, Motupiko, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Forestry Worker
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 20 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
18 September 1942
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
34
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
05 January 1940
Destination:
Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XI. D. 32.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Martin Silke
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