Kienzle

Etymology

Persons

• Ulrich Kienzle, German journalist
• Captain Herbert Thomson Kienzle MID OBE MBE. Australian Army during World War 2, enlistment number PX177, the "P" indicating residency of Papua New Guinea and the "X" indicating membership of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force. Born 19 May 1905 at Levuka in Fiji, became a leader in ANGAU and New Guinea Force against the Japanese in New Guinea during WW2, designing and organising construction efforts along the Kokoda Track while in command of Papuans, then engineered supply efforts along the track to Australian and American troops fighting along the track and in subsequent battles on the north coast of Papua. Also NX23282 Major Wallace Alfred Tom Kienzle, 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ANGAU and New Guinea Force, Australian Army. Veteran of New Guinea and Bougainville during WW2.