Gunner · NZ #255236 · R2 Patrol
| Rank | Gunner |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #255236 |
| Patrol | R2 Patrol |
| Known as | “Frank” |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/148825 |
Deeper background (2026): the New Zealand Gazette call-up notice for Military Area No. 1 (Auckland) lists “255236 Cosgrove, Francis William, storeman, 33 St Stephens Ave., Parnell, Auckland” among the men mobilised for overseas service — giving his pre-war trade and his home address. Source: New Zealand Gazette 1941, issue 96, https://library.victoria.ac.nz/databases/nzgazettearchive/pubs/gazettes/1941/1941%20ISSUE%20096.pdf
Listed on the Nominal Roll, 2nd NZEF No. 9 (Embarkations 1 July – 31 December 1942) and the L.R.D.G. Membership Roll, February 1970 (Auckland Museum EPH-W2-11-27). Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
New Zealand (A) Squadron, LRDG — R2 Patrol at disbandment, 10 December 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix IV, New Zealand (A) Squadron Disbandment Roll, 10 December 1943).
The prefix NZ has been added to his service number, on the authority of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph record already linked on this card — the Museum holds him as a New Zealand service person. The digits are unchanged. This roll formerly left the number unmarked, which made it look like a British number to anyone reading the field rather than the card.
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