Hello John Thank you for your reply and you are right it would be WW2. David enlisted in the forces and went overseas but I do not know which one or where he went. He sent a girl home to Dunedin he was going to marry but never came back himself, we believe he changed his mind and returned to live in the North Island. Rather a colourful character in our family tree I thought he would be interesting to research but and not knowing where he died I probably will not have a lot of success. I thought the war records could help but realise I will have to find more about him to start with. Kind regards Alison