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 1916 - 1944 (28 years)
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| Name |
Athol Christian Jimmieson |
| Born |
25 Jul 1916 |
New Zealand  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
27 Sep 1944 |
Italy |
| Buried |
Acona War Cemetery, Tavernelle, Ancona, Italy [1] |
- Name: JIMMIESON, ATHOL CHRISTIAN
Initials: A C
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: New Zealand Infantry
Unit Text: 22nd (Motor) Bn
Age: 28
Date of Death: 27/09/1944
Service No: 171795
Additional information: Son of John and Eva Jimmieson; husband of Mei Jimmieson, of Putaruru, Auckland, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. L. 14.
Cemetery: ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
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| Notes |
- The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939/1945
22 Battalion by Jim H. Henderson - Chapter 12 Adriatic
Over on the right 2 Company moved up parallel with the railway line as fast as it could, leaving mopping up until daybreak. Minor tussles took place with Turcomen holding fortified houses. The beach area was heavily fortified against assault from the sea: three or four heavy naval guns in camouflaged concrete emplacements disguised as ice-cream stalls faced out to sea, and land round about was mined thickly. In one of these minefields 10 Platoon foundered. Mines abruptly exploded in quick succession at chest height, a horrible sensation. Lewis. was killed; Roy Lorrigan, Jim Hill, Knuckey and Braybrook were among those wounded.The party of wounded men, stricken in the minefield and taking refuge in the casa, was not left in peace. At dawn the men on the top floor repulsed an attack from the beach, and even succeeded in collecting some prisoners. In the house Hill and another were in a bad way, but the hot drinks made from the issue of cocoa, milk powder, and sugar which each man carried seemed to save Hill's life. Later in the morning the wounded were taken away.One of the wounded died unexpectedly in hospital some days afterwards. His wound was not severe, but he developed pneumonia through lying wounded most of the night in soaked clothing. The battalion was still in summer clothing and battle dress would not arrive for a fortnight yet. The body of the dead man, Lewis, had remained in the minefield. After dawn two of his pals, Gillon and Athol Jimmieson. gallantly determined to bring back their comrade's body, returned to the minefield. They met with disaster. Another mine exploded, killing Gillon, and Jimmieson later died of wounds. NZETCNew Zealand Electronic Text Centre
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| Person ID |
I15249 |
Frost Family |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2011 |
| Father |
John Jimmieson, b. Abt 1892, d. 30 Dec 1957, New Zealand (Age ~ 65 years) |
| Mother |
Hedvig Emma Matilda Petersen, b. 22 Jul 1892, Mauriceville, Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand , d. 29 Jun 1984, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 91 years) |
| Married |
18 Sep 1913 |
Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand [2] |
| Family ID |
F9599 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mei Rattenbury, b. 02 Mar 1919, New Zealand , d. Ab t 2004, New Zealand (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1940 |
New Zealand |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2011 |
| Family ID |
F14063 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S90] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (www.cwgc.org) (Reliability: 3).
- [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1913/6526 (Reliability: 3), 18 Sep 1913.
Hereig Emma Matilda Petersen
John Jimmieson
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