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Title: 23 Battalion

Author: Ross, Angus

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1959, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

Conditions of use

23 Battalion

Roll of Honour

page 479

Roll of Honour

KILLED IN ACTION

Maj R. A. Boyle	10 February 1945
Maj T. Fyfe	20 May 1941
Maj W. Hoseit	23 July 1944
Maj B. V. A. Jones	30 May 1944
Capt T. F. Begg	15 July 1942
Capt H. C. Black	20 April 1943
Capt M. D. Grant	17 July 1942
Capt C. G. Ironside	15 July 1942
Capt P. L. Lynch	23 October 1942
Capt P. T. Norris, MC	17 December 1942
Capt G. McG. Robertson, m.i.d.	26 March 1943
Lt N. Barker	14 February 1944
Lt R. Karsten	30 July 1944
Lt J. C. Laing	15 December 1943
Lt C. T. Mason, MC	12 July 1942
Lt H. T. Richards	15 July 1942
Lt F. D. Sutherland	23 October 1942
Lt M. C. Tither, MM	7 January 1944
Lt A. A. Torrens	28 June 1942
Lt F. Vernon	23 October 1942
2 Lt B. O. J. Bradley	26 May 1944
2 Lt J. H. A. Cameron	3 August 1944
2 Lt M. E. Cross	7 May 1943
2 Lt W. K. Gale	21 March 1944
2 Lt J. P. Gordon	24 July 1944
2 Lt S. A. McCartney	22 July 1944
2 Lt A. W. Moodie	29 April 1941
2 Lt W. I. Morris	28 September 1944
2 Lt C. W. Welsh, MM	21 March 1944
WO II J. D. Conning	24 May 1941
WO II H. R. Pullar	27 November 1941
WO II J. D. Trotter	17 December 1942
Sgt A. J. G. Attewell	23 October 1942
Sgt W. J. Broughan	23 October 1942
Sgt H. H. Crawley	5 November 1942
Sgt J. P. Cunningham	14 July 1942
Sgt F. C. Dawson	16 December 1943
Sgt A. A. De Vantier	15 December 1943
Sgt J. McN. Greig	14 July 1942
Sgt G. F. Harris	27 February 1944
Sgt N. J. Hosking	24 July 1944 page 480
Sgt M. C. Lysons	3 April 1944
Sgt L. A. McGregor	27 November 1941
Sgt D. A. C. McKillop	15 December 1943
Sgt I. Skillen	23 October 1942
Sgt A. McL. Swale	18 August 1942
Sgt B. J. Walsh	17 April 1941
Sgt S. E. Young	26 March 1943
L-Sgt N. R. Elliott	10 April 1945
L-Sgt B. H. Gillies	5 July 1942
L-Sgt A. S. Kearney	23 October 1942
L-Sgt J. F. Leonard	22 July 1944
L-Sgt W. D. H. Lory	20 April 1943
L-Sgt J. R. P. O'Shaughnessy	3 April 1944
Cpl F. Armitage	15 December 1943
Cpl D. D. Bain	15 December 1943
Cpl E. Bullimore	12 April 1945
Cpl J. A. Black	13 October 1944
Cpl L. M. Edgecombe	14 February 1944
Cpl J. E. Gordon	22 July 1944
Cpl J. H. Harris	19 May 1944
Cpl E. P. Healy	24 July 1944
Cpl V. Idour, MM, m.i.d.	27 February 1944
Cpl R. K. Jackson	16 July 1942
Cpl S. Jackson	20 May 1941
Cpl T. Johnston	9 May 1943
Cpl G. M. Lister	20 March 1944
Cpl P. McArthur	27 November 1941
Cpl R. R. McDonald	27 May 1941
Cpl L. W. P. McDowell	20 May 1941
Cpl L. R. McMillan	20 March 1944
Cpl J. McRae	30 May 1944
Cpl F. J. Morris	20 April 1943
Cpl B. A. Newport	22 July 1944
Cpl M. A. Price	27 November 1941
Cpl T. D. Robertson	26 March 1943
Cpl A. Rutherford	23 October 1942
Cpl M. C. Sheehan	27 July 1942
Cpl A. D. Smith, MM	15 July 1942
Cpl J. R. Watts	15 December 1944
Cpl J. Wilson	29 September 1944
L-Cpl C. W. Behrns	23 October 1942
L-Cpl J. R. Brown	15 July 1942
L-Cpl B. Butterfield	15 December 1943
L-Cpl G. J. Clearwater	20 April 1943
L-Cpl G. T. Croft	27 March 1944
L-Cpl L. J. E. Fountain	23 May 1941
L-Cpl G. N. Gale	15 December 1944 page 481
L-Cpl J. A. Hepburn	25 May 1941
L-Cpl J. L. Herbert	23 October 1942
L-Cpl O. M. Hoban	9 May 1943
L-Cpl C. J. Hutchinson	3 August 1944
L-Cpl G. A. Kinmont	28 June 1942
L-Cpl H. R. MacDonald	20 May 1941
L-Cpl J. B. Martin	15 April 1941
L-Cpl W. Y. Montgomery	23 July 1944
L-Cpl F. G. Nolan, MM	15 December 1943
L-Cpl W. W. Paterson	15 December 1943
L-Cpl H. K. Payne	23 October 1942
L-Cpl A. J. C. Rennie	28 November 1943
L-Cpl D. C. Sutherland	15 December 1944
L-Cpl C. F. Young	23 October 1942
Pte S. Aitken	24 May 1941
Pte R. Allan	16 December 1943
Pte S. Allen	12 August 1944
Pte L. E. Amer	23 October 1942
Pte B. T. Anderson	15 July 1942
Pte E. E. Anderson	23 July 1944
Pte A. Armishaw	23 May 1941
Pte W. H. Armstrong	28 June 1942
Pte W. F. Ashman	8 December 1943
Pte L. W. Atkinson	20 April 1943
Pte R. R. Bagrie	22 March 1944
Pte V. A. Barrington	22 July 1944
Pte S. M. Bartlett	15 February 1944
Pte J. McN. Bathgate	28 November 1943
Pte M. Bennell	28 June 1942
Pte T. H. Bird	20 May 1941
Pte L. Birnie	26 March 1943
Pte J. Blakie	22 July 1944
Pte G. D. Bone	4 August 1942
Pte R. J. Bown	17 April 1941
Pte E. H. Bradley	3 August 1944
Pte J. McR. Brand, MM	17 December 1942
Pte R. F. G. Brett	27 November 1941
Pte J. S. Brockelbank	15 December 1944
Pte P. F. Brosnahan	20 April 1943
Pte B. G. Brown	15 July 1942
Pte C. H. Brown	28 September 1944
Pte F. R. G. Brown	14 July 1942
Pte G. C. B. Brown	12 August 1944
Pte J. H. Brown	26 March 1943
Pte R. B. Brown	22 July 1944
Pte A. McK. S. Burnett	21 May 1941
Pte A. J. Bryan	8 January 1944 page 482
Pte T. J. Chandler	15 January 1944
Pte J. Christie	15 July 1942
Pte N. M. Christie, MM	3 April 1944
Pte G. Clark	9 May 1943
Pte J. J. Clark	26 May 1941
Pte F. W. Clay	5 November 1942
Pte R. E. Clay	16 December 1943
Pte C. S. Clearwater	22 July 1944
Pte W. L. Collins	2 December 1943
Pte R. H. Conner	4 August 1942
Pte J. H. Connolly	26 March 1943
Pte C. Coombe	15 December 1943
Pte R. L. Coombes	18 May 1944
Pte C. O. Cooper	16 December 1943
Pte E. F. J. Cooper	15 July 1942
Pte A. B. Corcoran	15 December 1943
Pte F. H. Crawford	1 September 1942
Pte C. S. Cuthill	23 October 1942
Pte W. J. Davis	15 December 1943
Pte J. L. Day	3 August 1942
Pte N. Dellow	11 July 1942
Pte J. H. Denton	15 December 1943
Pte E. D. De Malmanche	8 May 1943
Pte A. J. Derrick	19 March 1944
Pte W. T. Duff	11 December 1941
Pte A. Duncan	26 May 1941
Pte A. S. Dunn	15 December 1943
Pte G. S. Ellis	12 July 1942
Pte L. W. Ellis	13 October 1944
Pte A. F. Evans	22 March 1943
Pte E. F. Familton	22 March 1944
Pte W. C. Fay	12 April 1941
Pte D. G. Feary	18 April 1945
Pte A. Ferguson	20 March 1944
Pte R. Fletcher	15 July 1942
Pte H. A. Floyd	5 November 1942
Pte K. L. Ford	23 October 1942
Pte A. E. Fowler	28 March 1943
Pte W. D. U. Fraser	27 November 1941
Pte V. P. Froelich	20 May 1941
Pte C. E. Gabites	10 October 1944
Pte D. J. Gardner	29 September 1944
Pte J. W. F. Garside	20 March 1944
Pte D. W. Gibbs	4 August 1942
Pte J. F. Gibson	7 December 1943
Pte D. B. Giles	26 March 1943
Pte J. Going	15 July 1942 page 483
Pte G. J. W. Gorton	18 August 1942
Pte J. L. Gould	21 May 1941
Pte C. E. Grace	26 March 1943
Pte I. R. Graham	12 August 1944
Pte J. Graham	12 October 1944
Pte D. Gray	15 December 1943
Pte M. Green	20 May 1941
Pte D. A. A. Griffin	12 July 1942
Pte A. D. Groves	20 April 1943
Pte H. R. Hadfield	22 July 1942
Pte J. Halford	7 December 1943
Pte R. A. Harlow	23 October 1942
Pte R. R. Harper	20 May 1941
Pte N. G. Haslett	15 December 1943
Pte R. J. Hawker	15 December 1944
Pte J. O. Henderson	21 March 1944
Pte J. G. Heslop	15 December 1944
Pte S. C. Hewett	20 March 1944
Pte A. Higham	15 December 1944
Pte H. E. Hogan	20 May 1941
Pte R. G. Hope	16 July 1942
Pte J. H. Horler	28 May 1941
Pte R. J. Hounsell	15 December 1943
Pte R. A. Howie	21 May 1941
Pte J. H. Hunter	5 November 1942
Pte J. A. Illes	23 October 1942
Pte E. E. M. Inwood	16 October 1944
Pte R. W. Jeffrey	27 November 1941
Pte K. J. D. Johannis	4 July 1942
Pte F. Johnson	26 May 1941
Pte R. G. Johnston	15 December 1943
Pte K. N. Johnstone	11 December 1941
Pte W. R. Jonas	4 July 1942
Pte R. E. Jones	22 March 1944
Pte R. H. Jones	28 September 1944
Pte N. E. Joyce	17 October 1944
Pte C. R. Kassey	20 May 1941
Pte A. F. Kean	23 October 1942
Pte A. A. Kemp	22 May 1941
Pte P. J. Kent	23 October 1942
Pte H. J. Kiddey	27 November 1941
Pte H. A. Kitto	2 August 1942
Pte J. A. Kydd	28 June 1942
Pte C. R. Laidlaw	23 July 1944
Pte J. H. Lamb	20 May 1941
Pte W. N. Lane	10 April 1945
Pte E. P. G. Leaning	28 June 1942 page 484
Pte J. R. Learmonth	23 October 1942
Pte S. J. Leathem	23 October 1942
Pte J. B. F. Leckie	15 December 1944
Pte H. E. J. Leybourne	23 October 1942
Pte A. A. Lindsay	23 July 1944
Pte J. M. Litten	27 November 1941
Pte F. G. Little	5 November 1942
Pte E. C. Loper	15 July 1942
Pte M. J. McCallum	22 March 1944
Pte J. A. McDonald	12 April 1945
Pte R. G. McDonald	20 May 1941
Pte R. J. MacDonald	12 April 1945
Pte T. McEntyre	28 March 1943
Pte K. J. McEwin	3 August 1944
Pte J. McIntyre	23 October 1942
Pte A. M. McKay	21 March 1944
Pte D. R. MacLaine	7 December 1943
Pte J. R. Maher	20 May 1941
Pte A. M. Marshall	20 April 1943
Pte N. A. Masson	13 December 1944
Pte O. T. Middlemiss	20 April 1943
Pte B. J. C. Mohekey	20 April 1943
Pte G. C. Morris	14 July 1942
Pte R. Mould	11 July 1942
Pte M. W. Munro	15 July 1942
Pte R. A. Murdock	24 May 1941
Pte E. P. Murphy	April 1941
Pte R. W. G. Murray	3 April 1944
Pte E. L. Neville	26 November 1941
Pte H. P. Newton	20 April 1943
Pte G. F. O'Brien	20 March 1944
Pte R. O'Brien	20 May 1941
Pte J. J. O'Connell	15 December 1943
Pte A. L. O'Keefe	23 October 1942
Pte S. Oldham	25 May 1941
Pte F. C. Owen	13 April 1943
Pte F. G. Packer	26 November 1941
Pte R. F. Palmer	5 July 1942
Pte S. E. Papprill	26 March 1944
Pte S. S. Patrick	25 May 1941
Pte A. Payne	7 December 1943
Pte E. J. B. Pearcy	15 December 1943
Pte J. Peevers	16 December 1943
Pte D. J. Pelham	15 August 1944
Pte R. T. Pope	15 July 1942
Pte A. J. Pratt	20 March 1944
Pte R. W. Prentice	23 October 1942 page 485
Pte R. J. Purvis	27 November 1941
Pte P. Rayner	12 July 1942
Pte E. A. G. Read	15 December 1943
Pte C. W. Reddecliffe	20 June 1944
Pte R. Reid	23 October 1942
Pte W. B. Rendall	11 December 1941
Pte R. Richmond	11 July 1942
Pte A. E. Roberts	16 July 1942
Pte A. V. Roberts	11 July 1942
Pte J. K. Roberts	23 October 1942
Pte A. J. Robertson	11 July 1942
Pte L. Rodgers	21 March 1944
Pte T. J. Ronan	26 November 1941
Pte J. T. Ryan	28 September 1944
Pte C. J. Sargent	26 November 1941
Pte W. A. Saunders	13 December 1944
Pte N. F. Saxon	17 April 1945
Pte G. V. D. Scott	30 September 1944
Pte J. C. Scott	13 October 1944
Pte L. N. Scott	15 December 1944
Pte D. E. Seaton	25 May 1941
Pte G. A. D. Simpson	15 December 1943
Pte J. J. Simpson	23 October 1942
Pte F. W. Sloan	20 April 1943
Pte R. M. Smith	22 March 1944
Pte R. T. Smith	23 October 1942
Pte W. T. Spencer	7 December 1943
Pte N. J. Stanley	15 July 1942
Pte S. Starkey	15 December 1944
Pte B. G. Stevenson	15 December 1944
Pte W. R. Stevenson	22 March 1944
Pte A. B. Stewart	10 February 1945
Pte R. Strange	25 May 1941
Pte I. G. Symes	15 July 1942
Pte R. W. Tamblyn	22 July 1944
Pte J. Tannahill	20 May 1941
Pte E. T. Taylor	22 May 1941
Pte H. Taylor	12 October 1944
Pte L. Thomas	18 May 1941
Pte J. E. Thompson	10 July 1942
Pte D. H. Tilson	15 December 1943
Pte L. J. Tobin	21 May 1941
Pte K. R. Todd	4 July 1942
Pte J. A. Triggs	21 April 1945
Pte G. L. Turnbull	8 March 1944
Pte F. G. Turner	12 August 1944
Pte R. M. Tweedie	22 March 1944 page 486
Pte L. A. Verdon	22 May 1941
Pte R. W. Walker	28 November 1943
Pte T. N. Walker	23 July 1943
Pte A. J. Waller	20 May 1941
Pte F. W. Waller	23 October 1942
Pte J. Waller	7 January 1944
Pte A. A. Watt	5 November 1942
Pte A. R. Watts	29 September 1944
Pte W. Wekepiri	11 July 1942
Pte B. West	20 March 1944
Pte F. T. Wilks	30 December 1944
Pte O. M. Williams	23 October 1942
Pte W. B. Williamson	8 December 1943
Pte H. Wilson	6 July 1942
Pte O. E. Wilson	22 July 1944
Pte T. M. Wilson	7 December 1943
Pte A. F. Wood	27 March 1943
Pte J. A. Wood	16 December 1942
Pte C. O. Workman	13 October 1944
Pte R. B. Wright	8 December 1943
Pte F. P. Young	8 December 1943
Pte I. A. K. P. Young	28 March 1943
Pte L. A. Young	25 May 1941
Pte S. R. Young	31 July 1944

DIED OF WOUNDS

Lt-Col R. E. Romans, DSO, m.i.d.	19 December 1943
Maj N. Buchanan, MC	17 December 1944
Maj C. A. Slee, m.i.d.	5 April 1944
Maj F. S. R. Thomson, MC, m.i.d.	28 March 1943
Lt D. G. Davis	8 January 1944
Lt I. H. Dillon	14 July 1942
Lt D. S. Harrowell	27 March 1943
Lt R. Lee	20 July 1942
2 Lt G. R. Hargest	30 March 1944
2 Lt L. S. Max	30 December 1944
WO II E. W. Hobbs, DCM	31 August 1942
Sgt J. M. Ballantyne	12 February 1944
Sgt F. Lawton	18 May 1941
Sgt J. M. Mitchell	25 May 1944
Sgt J. E. H. Shatford	24 October 1942
Sgt L. Treleavan	10 July 1942
L-Sgt H. W. R. McGrath	25 May 1941
Cpl C. E. Bennison	18 October 1944 page 487
Cpl R. M. Brislane	24 July 1944
Cpl L. I. Higgison	28 June 1944
Cpl K. A. McCabe	4 April 1944
Cpl J. W. Pringle	31 July 1944
Cpl I. A. Scott	23 December 1944
L-Cpl J. A. Cunningham	20 April 1943
L-Cpl D. F. Kay	15 April 1943
L-Cpl A. H. Quinn	17 April 1941
L-Cpl E. A. Waters	17 May 1941
Pte A. H. Adam	6 July 1942
Pte R. E. Broadbent	26 May 1941
Pte C. J. Brown	3 April 1944
Pte J. F. Bruce	18 December 1943
Pte G. L. Burger	8 December 1943
Pte H. Bury	25 July 1942
Pte A. Cabral	26 November 1941
Pte D. C. Campbell	16 December 1943
Pte H. N. Catlow	15 July 1942
Pte F. Churton	23 May 1941
Pte J. D. Clark	14 July 1942
Pte D. R. Coster	3 February 1945
Pte G. T. Craw	9 December 1943
Pte G. W. Cullen	24 July 1942
Pte L. A. Diamond	4 September 1942
Pte G. A. Docherty	16 December 1943
Pte J. W. Duncan	18 July 1942
Pte J. H. Falconer	22 May 1941
Pte P. Ford	28 October 1942
Pte J. F. G. Gensik	25 December 1943
Pte A. S. Gillanders	25 May 1941
Pte J. Gillespie	26 May 1941
Pte R. J. Gurney	15 December 1944
Pte K. W. Hall	18 October 1944
Pte J. C. Harrington	24 October 1942
Pte J. M. Hayles	10 January 1945
Pte J. T. Hesse	12 July 1942
Pte R. I. Hesselin	25 May 1944
Pte L. E. Howard	30 May 1941
Pte A. K. Inglis	29 May 1941
Pte W. J. Johnson	14 October 1944
Pte J. Kelly	31 October 1942
Pte R. A. Kennedy	29 March 1943
Pte R. H. Kerr	23 March 1944
Pte A. L. L. Kingston	11 July 1942
Pte I. H. Lindsay	10 December 1943
Pte G. E. C. Line	24 December 1941
Pte H. S. Lowe	23 May 1941 page 488
Pte J. A. A. McCormick	16 July 1942
Pte W. W. McEwan	21 October 1944
Pte L. A. McHardy	26 May 1941
Pte A. McKean	18 December 1941
Pte I. D. McKerchar	7 December 1943
Pte H. A. Manson	30 September 1944
Pte R. I. Marshall	14 July 1942
Pte H. K. Masters	24 May 1941
Pte O. H. Mathias	7 December 1941
Pte G. E. Melrose	17 December 1943
Pte M. J. Mundy	23 July 1944
Pte J. D. Neill	11 December 1941
Pte F. J. Paganini	27 September 1944
Pte W. M. Perry	24 December 1941
Pte B. P. Pope	6 January 1944
Pte C. H. Roberts	28 November 1941
Pte C. J. Seque	22 May 1941
Pte R. Sizemore	2 June 1941
Pte R. Stevenson	14 July 1942
Pte A. Valli	12 December 1941
Pte J. R. D. White	12 April 1945
Pte T. J. Whiting	27 December 1943
Pte H. L. Williams	28 May 1941
Pte J. G. Williams	14 July 1942
Pte L. S. Williams	21 December 1943
Pte L. A. Wilson	16 February 1944
Pte R. C. Wilson	30 May 1941
Pte J. A. Wright	31 July 1944

DIED WHILE PRISONER OF WAR

Sgt D. E. Easterbrook	20 February 1944
L-Sgt J. Templeton	5 June 1941
Cpl L. D. L. Houghton, m.i.d.	5 March 1942
Pte G. E. Elliott	November 1942
Pte J. Hennessy	24 August 1943
Pte D. Jones	26 September 1941
Pte R. R. Lawson	21 July 1941
Pte W. V. Palmer	17 August 1942
Pte J. Ross	8 September 1941
Pte L. S. Wilson	20 February 1944

DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE

WO II L. H. Kidd	22 April 1943
Sgt H. E. Coombe	14 April 1944
Cpl C. C. Tonkinson	21 October 1942
Cpl B. Winter	2 March 1944 page 489
Cpl J. D. Wylde-Browne	6 April 1943
L-Cpl J. S. Donaldson	14 October 1945
Pte J. E. Brook, MM	24 June 1942
Pte J. M. Dougan	22 May 1942
Pte I. B. McCallum	2 June 1942
Pte D. P. McEwing	10 June 1945
Pte E. P. Murphy	April 1941
Pte H. G. Pearce	16 August 1944
Pte W. A. Quirk	15 July 1945
Pte C. K. W. Rochester	14 November 1942
Pte T. J. Ronan	26 November 1941
Pte W. L. Strathern	17 September 1945
Pte A. R. Totman	15 July 1944