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Full Name
Larry Digger Munn
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Larry Digger
Surname
Munn
Also Known As
Digger Munn
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
25950
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Bushman, Slaughterman
Next of Kin
Mrs A. Munn (mother), Kaikohe, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
59 Cook Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Military District
Auckland
Body on Embarkation
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Unit
28 (Maori) Battalion
Nominal Roll Number
WW2 3
Page on Nominal Roll
WW2 343
Last Unit Served
28 (Maori) Battalion
Place of Death
Western Desert
Date of Death
4 September 1942
Age at Death
26
Year of Death
1942
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Grave Reference
I. F. 20.
Memorial Name
Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories
Biographical Notes
Youngest son of Mrs A. Holden, Whangarei.
Description of Image
Portrait, Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II (2002)
Further References
28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz
Sources Used
  • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941)
  • Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, Returned Services Association.
  • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
  • 28 (Maori) Battalion Roll of Honour originally published in Cody (1956). Digital copy URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor-_N100649.html
  • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html