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andy007 · 01-04-2007, 07:34 AM

All of my grandparents were ethier to young or too old, I did have a few Great uncles who fought in WWII.
L. A Diamond, 2NZEF 23 Battalion, fought on Crete died of wounds in 1942 just before the Alamien offensive
R Brown RNZAF 115 squadron, died when his Wellington Bomber crashed in Wales in December 1940
Uncle Joe (thats how I know him) served with the NZ forces in North Africa then in the Pacific as an engineer.
Bill Sheely, was Pastor with NZ forces in North Africa, was captured in 42? spent the rest of the war in Italian and German PoW camps.

01-04-2007, 07:34 AM	#18 (permalink)
andy007 Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hamilton, New Zealand Posts: 47	All of my grandparents were ethier to young or too old, I did have a few Great uncles who fought in WWII. L. A Diamond, 2NZEF 23 Battalion, fought on Crete died of wounds in 1942 just before the Alamien offensive R Brown RNZAF 115 squadron, died when his Wellington Bomber crashed in Wales in December 1940 Uncle Joe (thats how I know him) served with the NZ forces in North Africa then in the Pacific as an engineer. Bill Sheely, was Pastor with NZ forces in North Africa, was captured in 42? spent the rest of the war in Italian and German PoW camps. __________________ Cheers, Andy