COASTWATCHERS McKenna, Arthur Ernest

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

McKenna ​

• FORENAME

Arthur Ernest ​

• UNIT

New Zealand Coastwatchers ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

408026 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th October 1942 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bourail Memorial,New Caledonia Panel 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Arthur and Florence McKenna​

nephew of Mrs L.A. Webb,Levin,Wellington,New Zealand​

NZ Post and Telegraph Department​

coastwatcher​

award Mention in Despatches​

POW 1.10.1942 Nonouti,Gilbert Islands​

executed by Japanese Betio,Tarawa,Gilbert Islands​

rank awarded posthumous (8th Brigade Group,Signals Corps) ​