Remembering Today 28/11/43 Private T.P.Toomey 62926 New Zealand Infantry 21st Bn.

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    TOOMEY, THOMAS PATRICK

    Rank:
    Private
    Service No:
    62926
    Date of Death:
    28/11/1943
    Age:
    34
    Regiment/Service:
    New Zealand Infantry

    21st Bn.
    Grave Reference
    V. C. 45.
    Cemetery
    SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
    Additional Information:
    Son of Timothy and Mary Anne Toomey, of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand; husband of Eva Toomey.
    CWGC - Cemetery Details
     
  2. DaveB

    DaveB Very Senior Member

    No mention of him specifically in the unit history of events for that day – he appears on their Roll of Honour.


    I have bookended the day’s events from the on-line history


    http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-21Ba-c12.html

    All details were finalised during the 27th, with zero hour fixed for a quarter to three the following morning, by which time all the infantry were to be over the river and on the lateral road start line.

    (big snip)

    In all 17 prisoners were taken by A and B Companies after first light, making a total of 74 at a cost to the battalion of six killed and 27 wounded.



    According to the ROH in the book (details confirmed by CWGC) the other five casualties from 21Bn that day were:

    Captain Robert Edgeworth Horrocks 25200

    Private Edgar William Cunningham 438957

    Private Tane Keith Dyer 452839

    Serjeant Ashley Rene Wilson 800232

    Private Robert Arthur Atkinson 28100
     

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