FIJI GUERILLAS Duffield, John Henry Edward

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Duffield ​

• FORENAME

John Henry Edward ​

• UNIT

New Zealand Commandos ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

50234 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th July 1943 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery,New Caledonia 4.5 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from New Brighton,Christchurch,New Zealand​

born 23.4.1914 New Zealand (CWGC gives age as 24)​

son of Lenard Hampton (1880-1936) and Dora Winifred (nee Jones) Duffield (1890-1945), Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand​

single​

labourer in civilian life​

former 37 Bn​

award Mention in Despatches​

KIA New Georgia (attached 161 US Regiment)​

London Gazette 36382, 15th February 1944, Page 828​

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