Jack “Jack” Emslie
Sergeant · NZ #7364 · T Patrol
| Rank | Sergeant |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #7364 |
| Patrol | T Patrol |
| Regiment | 27th (Machine Gun) Battalion |
| Known as | “Jack” |
| Born | 1909-12-05 |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C135809 |
What this roll records
Embarkation detail from his Cenotaph record: he embarked as Private, 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. The rank held on this card, Sergeant, is his LRDG rank; promotion after embarkation was the rule rather than the exception, so the two are not in conflict. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record C135809.
On original LRP Roll (5 Dec 1940): R — Gnr R Patrol; HQ A(NZ) Sqn LRDG. Source: LRP Roll (Original LRP Nominal Roll as at 5 Dec 1940, Capt L H Browne).
Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
On the R Patrol Nominal Roll, 31 March 1941: Private Emslie J., 7364. Source: Brendan O'Carroll, 'R Patrol, Long Range Desert Group' (R Patrol Nominal Roll, 31 March 1941). Master records patrol 'T', a later posting; R Patrol was his 31 Mar 1941 assignment.
The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll): S-Sgt J. Emslie — truck driver, Auckland; born Scotland, 5 Dec 1909.
One of the five New Zealanders on Captain Clayton’s first LRP reconnaissance into Libya across the Sand Sea (1940). Source: ‘Long Range Desert Group in Libya, 1940–41’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Truck driver, of Auckland; born Scotland, 5 Dec 1909. Staff-Sergeant. Source: Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (biographical notes).
Truck driver in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
- LRDG Nominal Roll, 28 Dec 1940 – Jan 1941 (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy) — roll rank: Private
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