Richard James Holden Webb
Born 21 Dec 1919 - Died 24 Jan 1990
- Service number
- WWII 800277 AWMM
- Korea 30099 AWMM
- Vietnam 30099 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Lieutenant General/Military AWMM Defence Headquarters AWMM
- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Richard James Holden AWMM
- Surname
- Webb AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWII 800277 AWMM
- Korea 30099 AWMM
- Vietnam 30099 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 21 Dec 1919 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW2 30 Blythewood Flats, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Jayforce 30 Blythewood Flats, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- Soldier/Military AWMM
- Next of kin
- WW2 Mrs G.R.H. Webb (mother), 30 Blythewood Flats, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Jayforce Mrs G.R.H. Webb (mother), 30 Blythewood Flats, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Single AWMM
- Single/Jayforce AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- Battle of Kapyong (Battle of Jiaping) AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWII 800277 AWMM
- Korea 30099 AWMM
- Vietnam 30099 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) AWMM
- Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) AWMM
- Legion of Merit (USA) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Korea Medal (EIIR) AWMM
- United Nations Medal for Korea AWMM
- New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM
- Vietnam Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Duntroon Military Academy, Australia AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Soldier/Military AWMM
- Jayforce Soldier/Military AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
- Jayforce Captain/Military AWMM Headquarters, British Commonwealth Occupation Force AWMM British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - Korea Major/Military K-Force R22440250 Royal New Zealand Artillery K-Force R22440250 British Commonwealth Forces Korea (Kayforce) AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM - Vietnam Lieutenant General/Military Ministry for Culture and Visitor AWMM
4th Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Cancer AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Lieutenant General/Military AWMM
Defence Headquarters AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Richard Webb was the only son, and second child of George Robert Holden Webb and Jessie Muriel Webb. He had two sisters, Rhona Mary and Cynthia Holden. He married Barbara Anne Griffin daughter of Richard Fairbrother and Janet Katharine Bower Griffin. Two children, Michael Richard Holden Webb and Louise Katharine Webb.
Sir Richard Webb was a career soldier.
He departed for World War II a Lieutenant within the 6th Field Regiment, 2NZEF. He served later in Headquarters British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Japan) and K Force (1950-1952).
He was CGS 1970 - 1971 and Chief of the Defence Staff 1971 - 1975. He retired in 1975 with the rank of Lieutenant General.
There was a full military Funeral at Wellington Cathedral and a interment service for his ashes at Waimate North
Later Chief of General Staff and Chief of Defence Force. Awarded KBE and CB. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 24 Jan 1990 AWMM
Age 70 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Ashes, St John the Baptist (Anglican) Churchyard, Waimate North, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- New Zealand Herald, January 1990.
Dominion, January 1990. AWMM - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- New Zealand's Vietnam War Veterans. Personal page
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/lt-gen-rjh-webb
Further Reference - New Zealand in the Korean War. New Zealand History online
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/korean-war
Further Reference - Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War. New Zealand History online website.
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
Further Reference - Richard Webb, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Webb_(New_Zealand_Army_officer)
Further Reference - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q65046026
Further Reference - J Force Wikipedia Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
Further Reference - Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
Further Reference
- New Zealand's Vietnam War Veterans. Personal page
- References
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 9: WW2 418 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 16: WW2 140 - Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co.
- Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
- Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250)
- Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author.
- Black, E. A. (n.d.). N.Z. armed forces honours & awards : Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, 1950-1972. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence Headquarters.
- McGibbon, I.C. (1992-1996). New Zealand and the Korean War (Vols. 1-2). Auckland, N.Z.; Wellington, N.Z.: Oxford University Press in association with the Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
- McGibbon, I.C. (2010). New Zealand's Vietnam War: a history of combat, commitment and controversy. Auckland, N.Z.: Exisle
- Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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