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Full Name
Colin William Haydon
Rank Last Held
Gunner
Forename(s)
Colin William
Surname
Haydon
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
28753
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Gunner
Occupation before Enlistment
Slaughterman
Next of Kin
Mrs M.M.C. Haydon (wife), 157 Vauxhall Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Marital Status
Married
Enlistment Address
157 Vauxhall Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand
Military District
Auckland
Body on Embarkation
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Unit
Artillery Reinforcements
Nominal Roll Number
WW2 3
Page on Nominal Roll
WW2 204
Campaigns
Western Desert
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment
Place of Death
Western Desert
Date of Death
14 July 1942
Age at Death
38
Year of Death
1942
Cemetery Name
El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Grave Reference
VIII. H. 14.
Biographical Notes
Son of Michael and Mary Haydon, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Mabel May Haydon, of Papatoetoe, Auckland
Description of Image
Portrait
Sources Used
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941)
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org