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Cenotaph Record
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Full Name
Eric Lorraine Corry
Rank Last Held
Driver
Forename(s)
Eric Lorraine
Surname
Corry
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
4309
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Taxi driver
Next of Kin
Mrs A.I. Crowley (mother), 207 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Flat C, 110 Austin Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Military District
Wellington
Body on Embarkation
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Unit
2 Divisional Petrol Company
Embarkation Date
5 January 1940
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Destination
Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
WW2 1
Page on Nominal Roll
WW2 41
Campaigns
Greece
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Army Service Corps, Petrol Company
Place of Death
Greece
Date of Death
14 May 1941
Age at Death
25
Year of Death
1941
Cemetery Name
Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece
Grave Reference
8. D. 19.
Description of Image
  • Image 1: Wreath, 1999, laid by the Greek Community on the Cenotaph in Auckland and later moved to the Hall of Memories, Auckland War Memorial Museum on Anzac Day 1999 in memory of those who died in Greece.
  • Hall of Memories, World War 2, Auckland War Memorial Museum, April 1999, view 1
  • Hall of Memories, World War 2, Auckland War Memorial Museum, April 1999, view 2
Sources Used
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940)
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org