Service Details
Name:
 SANKEY
Given Name:
 JOHN WILLIAM
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 20512
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 New Zealand Engineers
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Unit:
 7 Field Company
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-27
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Date of Birth:
 1909-02-19
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, on Crete
Additional
Information:
Son of William Henry Sankey and of Mary Elizabeth Sankey (nee Hart), of Mufuliro, Northern Rhodesia. Born Derby. A carpenter with Hanson & Burton of Opotiki
Commemoration
Country:
 Greece
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Cemetery:
 ATHENS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Face 13.

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