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Full Name
Trevor James Stanley Swaney
Rank Last Held
Gunner
Forename(s)
Trevor James Stanley
Surname
Swaney
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
096036
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Gunner
Occupation before Enlistment
Railway porter
Next of Kin
Mrs Sybil Alice Swaney, Nurses' Home, Public Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
Marital Status
Married
Enlistment Address
New Zealand Railways, Taneatua, New Zealand
Military District
Whakatane
Body on Embarkation
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Unit
New Zealand Artillery
Nominal Roll Number
WW2 12
Page on Nominal Roll
WW2 188
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment
Place of Death
Italy
Date of Death
2 August 1944
Age at Death
22
Year of Death
1944
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
Cemetery Name
Florence War Cemetery, Italy
Grave Reference
VIII. D. 7.
Memorial Name
Ashburton Memorial, Ashburton, New Zealand
Biographical Notes
Son of Ernest and Amy Swaney, of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Sybil Alice Swaney, of Tinwald, Canterbury
Description of Image
  • Photograph of headstone taken in Florence Cemetery in 2008 supplied by Gabrielle Fortune.
  • Ashburton War Memorial. Photo G.A. Fortune, 2003.
  • Ashburton War Memorial. Panel 3 (WW2), names, bronze panel. Photo G.A. Fortune, 2003
  • Ashburton War Memorial. Commemoration panel WW1 and WW2, bronze plaque. Photo G.A. Fortune, 2003
Sources Used
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943)
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org