Hi, I'm fairly new to this but here is what I have just found:
From the war Graves Photographic Project
Cemetery: Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma Country: Libya Area: Rank: Private Official Number: 2965 Unit: 18th Bn. New Zealand Infantry Force: Army Nationality: New Zealand Details: 27/11/41 Age 28 6. G. 2. Son of John Arkell Gillett and Margaret A. Gillett, of Auckland City, New Zealand.
From Auckland War Memorial
FULL NAME Keith Dudley Gillett RANK LAST HELD Private FORENAME(S) Keith Dudley SURNAME Gillett WAR World War II, 1939-1945 SERIAL NO. 2965 GENDER Male FIRST KNOWN RANK Private OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT Dairy Farmer NEXT OF KIN Mrs Margaret A. Gillett (mother), 10 Paratai Drive, Auckland, New Zealand MARITAL STATUS Single ENLISTMENT ADDRESS Albany, Auckland, New Zealand MILITARY DISTRICT Auckland BODY ON EMBARKATION Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon EMBARKATION UNIT 18 Auckland EMBARKATION DATE 5 January 1940 PLACE OF EMBARKATION Wellington, New Zealand DESTINATION Egypt NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER WW2 1 PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL WW2 66 CAMPAIGNS Western Desert LAST UNIT SERVED 18 Infantry Battalion PLACE OF DEATH Western Desert DATE OF DEATH 27 November 1941 AGE AT DEATH 28 YEAR OF DEATH 1941 CAUSE OF DEATH Killed in action CEMETERY NAME Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya GRAVE REFERENCE 6. G. 2. MEMORIAL NAME Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Son of John Arkell Gillett and Margaret A. Gillett, of Auckland City, New Zealand. Attended King's College 1928-29 and was a member of St John's House. Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna. DESCRIPTION OF IMAGE Portrait, Weekly News 24 December 1941 Takapuna War Memorial WW2 name panel 3 (photo John Halpin, July 2013) Takapuna War Memorial (photo John Halpin, July 2013) FURTHER REFERENCES New Zealand History online: Takapuna War Memorial SOURCES USED Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940) Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
I have no idea if you already have this information or not but thought it may be of interest to you.
Hi, I'm fairly new to this but here is what I have just found:
From the war Graves Photographic Project
Cemetery: Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma
Country: Libya
Area:
Rank: Private
Official Number: 2965
Unit: 18th Bn. New Zealand Infantry
Force: Army
Nationality: New Zealand
Details:
27/11/41 Age 28 6. G. 2. Son of John Arkell Gillett and Margaret A. Gillett, of Auckland City, New Zealand.
From Auckland War Memorial
FULL NAME
Keith Dudley Gillett
RANK LAST HELD
Private
FORENAME(S)
Keith Dudley
SURNAME
Gillett
WAR
World War II, 1939-1945
SERIAL NO.
2965
GENDER
Male
FIRST KNOWN RANK
Private
OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT
Dairy Farmer
NEXT OF KIN
Mrs Margaret A. Gillett (mother), 10 Paratai Drive, Auckland, New Zealand
MARITAL STATUS
Single
ENLISTMENT ADDRESS
Albany, Auckland, New Zealand
MILITARY DISTRICT
Auckland
BODY ON EMBARKATION
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
EMBARKATION UNIT
18 Auckland
EMBARKATION DATE
5 January 1940
PLACE OF EMBARKATION
Wellington, New Zealand
DESTINATION
Egypt
NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER
WW2 1
PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL
WW2 66
CAMPAIGNS
Western Desert
LAST UNIT SERVED
18 Infantry Battalion
PLACE OF DEATH
Western Desert
DATE OF DEATH
27 November 1941
AGE AT DEATH
28
YEAR OF DEATH
1941
CAUSE OF DEATH
Killed in action
CEMETERY NAME
Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya
GRAVE REFERENCE
6. G. 2.
MEMORIAL NAME
Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Son of John Arkell Gillett and Margaret A. Gillett, of Auckland City, New Zealand.
Attended King's College 1928-29 and was a member of St John's House.
Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna.
DESCRIPTION OF IMAGE
Portrait, Weekly News 24 December 1941
Takapuna War Memorial WW2 name panel 3 (photo John Halpin, July 2013)
Takapuna War Memorial (photo John Halpin, July 2013)
FURTHER REFERENCES
New Zealand History online: Takapuna War Memorial
SOURCES USED
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
I have no idea if you already have this information or not but thought it may be of interest to you.