Trooper

Desmond Vaughan Weight

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Frank Ernest and Mabel Vaughan Weight, of Auckland City, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
1071
Name:
Desmond Vaughan Weight
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
09 May 1914
Place of Birth: 
Wanganui, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M.V. Weight (mother), 3 Matai Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
c/o James Hotel, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Tractor driver
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Armoured Corps, Divisional Cavalry Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
28 May 1941
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
27
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Face 12.
Cemetery Location: 
Greece
Desmond Vaughan Weight
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