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Barker, Rupert Francis Trevor
New Zealand
Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant, Corporal, Private
No. 35299
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Photo Not Avaiable
Gentil, Charles George
New Zealand
Captain
No. 2775
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, First Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Born: December 20th, 1914, New Zealand
Died: October 4th, 1989, New Zealand
Captain Gentil
Bassett, Denys Morton Tehidy
New Zealand
Lieutenant, Sergeant
No. 12518
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
D Company, 23rd Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Born: February 6th, 1914, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died: February 1st, 2006
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Ellingham, Samuel Walter
New Zealand
Lieutenant
No. 30972
6th Anti-Tank Company, New Zealand Artillery, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Lieutenant Samuel Walter Ellingham
Cramond, Albert Reginald
New Zealand
Second Lieutenant
No. 23051
27th New Zealand (Machine Gun) Battalion, Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Non-Commissioned Officers
Curtis, Mervyn William
New Zealand
Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal, Private
No. 9660
27th (Machine Gun) Battalion, Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Born: October 18th, 1917
Photo Not Avaiable
Barrett, Denis
New Zealand
Sergeant
No. 1062
Quartermaster Sergeant, 2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment , 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Crawford, Andrew Bernard
New Zealand
Sergeant
No. 15263
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment , 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Davies, Ronald Charles
New Zealand
Sergeant, Corporal, Trooper
No. 12515
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment , 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Sergeant Ronald Charles Davies
Derrett, William Allan
Sergeant
New Zealand
No. 25542
Artillery Reinforcement, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
6th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Born: October 18th, 1914,  Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand
Died: February 1st, 1999, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
Photo Not Avaiable
Garven, George Clarence
New Zealand
Sergeant, Corporal, Trooper
No. 1307
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Born: April 16th, 1918
Sergeant George Clarence Garven
Gibb, Alfred Duncan “Buster”
New Zealand
Sergeant, Corporal, Trooper
No. 1373
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, First Echelon
Long Range Patrol
Long Range Desert Group
Sergeant Alfred Duncan "Buster" Gibb
Boys, Alfred
New Zealand
Corporal
No. 21906
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Died: September 21st, 1995
Photo Not Avaiable
Clemens, Douglas Lisley
New Zealand
Corporal
No. 453283
7th Infantry Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Craw, Merlyn
New Zealand
Corporal, Private
No. 37112
Armoured Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Prisoner of War: Italy
Born: October 4th, 1915
Photo Not Avaiable
Crisp, John Edward
New Zealand
Corporal
No. 7689
27th New Zealand (Machine Gun) Battalion, Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary ForceLong Range Desert Group
Born: February 24th, 1916
Died: 2009
Photo Not Avaiable
Garrett, John Lester
New Zealand
Corporal
No. 264863
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Greenstreet, Basil William
New Zealand
Corporal, Gunner
No. 63246
45th Field Battery, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Born: August 22nd, 1919, New Zealand
Died: December 9th, 2008, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Corporal Basil William Greenstreet
Ball, Charles Grieve
New Zealand
Lance Corporal
No. 7423
27th (Machine Gun) Battalion, Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Campbell, Maxwell Colin
New Zealand
Lance Corporal
No. 16441
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Davidson, Alastair Gordon
Lance Corporal
New Zealand
No. 13721
8th New Zealand Infantry Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Headquarters, B Force, 8th Infantry Brigade, New Zealand 3rd Division
Born: 1918
Died: September 8th, 2000
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Campbell, Norman Robert
New Zealand
Temporary Lance Corporal 
No. 12071
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Fogden, Merle Francis
New Zealand
Lance Corporal, Private
No. 14621
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Lance Corporal Merle Fogden
Other Ranks
Adams, Walter Russell “Wink”
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1074
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment
Long Range Desert Group
Mechanic/driver, Long Range Desert Group
Prisoner of War: February 1st, 1941, Libya
Born: August 1st, 1918
Died: April 30th, 1984
Photo Not Avaiable
Aislabie, Walter Patrick
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1014
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Baldwin, Ian Roderick Francis
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1184
2nd Division Cavalry
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Bambery, William Robertson
New Zealand
Private
No. 36935
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Beale, Desmond Ormonde Butler
New Zealand
Private
No. 41586
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Bourgeois, Vincent Charles
New Zealand
Gunner
No. 600725
New Zealand Artillery, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Brown, Francis Richard
New Zealand
Private
No. 8753
27th New Zealand (Machine Gun) Battalion, Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Born: August 11th, 1913, Taumarunui, Taupo, New Zealand
Died: December 23rd, 1944, Raetihi, Central Plateau, New Zealand
Photo Not Avaiable
Brown, Frederick Samuel
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1127
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Burke, Peter Joseph
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 17545
 2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Burnnand, William David
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1179
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Butler, William George
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1189
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Cameron, Eric Allan
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 21910
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Cameron, Walter Reginald Lloyd
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 17605
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Carter, Eric George
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1131
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Cassidy, Arthur Vincent
New Zealand
Private
No. 38671
14th Infantry Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Prisoner of War: November 22nd, 1943, Leros, Agean Sea, Greece
Photo Not Avaiable
Cleaver, Harley Harold
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1195
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Coates, Jack Ernest
New Zealand
Private
No. 8816
27th New Zealand (Machine Gun) Battalion, Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Born: 1915
Died: April 7th, 2006
Photo Not Avaiable
Connell, Edward Martin
New Zealand
Sapper
No. 60075
19th (New Zealand) Army Troops Company, New Zealand Engineers, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Costello, Desmond Patrick “Paddy”
New Zealand
Private
No. 943
29th Composite Company, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
21st (Auckland) Infantry Battalion
Long Range Desert Group
21st (Auckland) Infantry Battalion
Born: January 31st, 1912
Died February 23rd, 1964, Manchester, England
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Cowles, Herbert Walter
New Zealand
Private
No. 246536
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Crabbe, Russell Hugh
New Zealand
Private
No. 83381
Army Tank Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Dale, Albert Roy
New Zealand
Private
No. 240198
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Trooper Albert Roy Dale
Dale, Archibald
New Zealand
Gunner
No. 1595
New Zealand Artillery, 4th Field Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Born: 1915
Died: November 15th, 2010, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Photo Not Avaiable
Dally, Arthur Edward
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 16453
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Dalziel, Leslie Daniel
New Zealand
Private
No. 47528
New Zealand Ordnance Corps, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Mechanic/driver, Long Range Desert Group
Died: July 1st, 1989
Private Leslie Daniel Dalziel
Davison, George Leslie
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1349
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Trooper George Leslie Davison
Davoren, John Alfred George
New Zealand
Private
No. 23966
21st (Auckland) Infantry Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Dobson, David George
New Zealand
Private
No. 406306
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Photo Not Avaiable
Dodunski, Anthony Francis
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1204
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Trooper Anthony Frances Dodunski
Doel, Lloyd George
New Zealand
Private
No. 64961
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Private Lloyd George Doel
Donaldson, Leslie
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 17790
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Dornbusch, Cyril Alfred
New Zealand
Private
No. 29533
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Prisoner of War: September 1942, Libia
Born: June 16th, 1917, New Zealand
Died: May 17th, 1990, Kawakawa, Northland, New Zealand
Photo Not Avaiable
Ellis, Eric
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 16503
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Born: June 6th, 1913, Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Died: February 13th, 1978, Martinborough, New Zealand
Trooper Eric Ellis
Ellis, Noel
New Zealand
Private
No. 254649
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Emeny, Albert Victor
New Zealand
Private
No. 600980
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Emslie, John “Jack”
New Zealand
Private
No. 7364
27th New Zealand (Machine Gun) Battalion, Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Private John "Jack" Emslie
Eyles, Joseph Walter
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1100
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Birth: October 21st, 1912, Blenheim, New Zealand
Died: March 1st, 1990, Blenheim, New Zealand
Photo Not Avaiable
Eyre,
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1305
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Fanning, Vincent Stephen David
New Zealand
Temporary Sergeant, Corporal
No. 13822
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
30th (Mixed) Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
B Force, 8th Infantry Brigade, New Zealand 3rd Division
Photo Not Avaiable
Ferguson, Alfred Graham
New Zealand
Sapper
No. 2441
New Zealand Engineers, 5th Field Park Company A, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Died: April 11th, 1989, Dunedin City Council, New Zealand
Photo Not Avaiable
Ferguson, Ian Charles
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1371
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Finnigan, Christopher Francis
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 17619
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Trooper Christopher Francis Finnigan
Fisher, Clive Lloyd
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 14016
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Trooper Lloyd Fisher
Fleming, David Alister
New Zealand
Private
No. 498419
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Franks, John Arthur
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 21991
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Trooper John Arthur Franks
Gedye, Norman Michael
New Zealand
Fitter
No. 283269
New Zealand Ordnance Corps, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Fitter Norman Michael Gedye
Gill, James Edward
New Zealand
Private
No. 29657
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Prisoner of War: October 25th, 1943, Levitha
Private James Edward Gill
Gilmore, James Patrick
New Zealand
Sapper
No. 28615
2nd New Zealand Divisional Engineers, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
20th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers Engineers, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
B Force, 8th Brigade, New Zealand 3rd Division
Sapper James Patrick Gilmore
Goodwin, Vernon Charles
New Zealand
Temporary Staff Sergeant
No. 266720
New Zealand Ordnance Corps, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Gorringe, Erl Francis
New Zealand
Private
No. 7834
27th New Zealand (Machine Gun) Battalion, Headquarters, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Private Erl James Gorringe
Gorringe, Raymond Orlando
New Zealand
Trooper
No. 1211
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, First Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Trooper Raymond Orlando Gorringe
Gregory, Dominic Nigel
New Zealand
Private
No. 299172
Infantry Reinforcements, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Grimsey, Claude Olaf
New Zealand
Gunner
No. 551
34th Battery, New Zealand Artillery, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group
Born: December 25th, 1907
Died: 1977
Prisoner of War: December 28th, 1942
Gunner Claude Olaf Grimsey
Guild, Alistair Ian
New Zealand
Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant
No. 12740
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon
Long Range Desert Group

Major Alistair Ian Guild
Mallet, H.L. ‘Hector”
New Zealand
Trooper
No.
2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable
Steedman, Bruce
New Zealand
Private
No.
2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Medical Orderly, Long Range Desert Group
Photo Not Avaiable

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