Eric Andrew Riddell
I whānau mai i te 20 Jul 1911 - I mate atu i te 19 Jul 1941
- Nama Hōia
- 1722 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Bombardier/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Eric Andrew AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Riddell AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- 1722 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 20 Jul 1911 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Pre 29 Sep 1939 AWMM 9 Pupuke Road, Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs T.M. Riddell (wife), 12 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 05 Jan 1940 AWMM Married AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 1722 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- 13 years AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Africa Star AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 29 Sep 1939 AWMM
Age 28 AWMM
Meter Reader/Civilian AWMM - Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Vessel was Empress of Canada AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment, 25 Battery AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
- WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM
28 Apr 1941 AWMM
Captured in Greece, reported missing May 1941 AWMM - WW2 POW - Greece AWMM
- WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM
- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 9 inches AWMM - Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of sickness whilst a prisoner of war AWMM - 19 Jul 1941 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
Strangulation of bowels. AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Bombardier/Military AWMM
New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of William James Riddell and of Annie Riddell (nee Graham), of Takapuna; husband of Thelma Mary Riddell
Served as a Sergeant and for 13 years with the 1st Battery, Field Artillery
Reported missing 24 May 1941; file annotated located at Stalag XVIIIA 13 September 1941.
His wife, Thelma, received notice of his death and then a letter saying he was a prisoner of war. This was a false hope and caused her some considerable distress. This was reported as "official errors" and drew editorial comment in the newspapers, The Herald and The Auckland Star. The service record includes letters between the Director of Publicity and the Director Base Records regarding the official communication to Gunner Riddell's family and a letter of apology to Thelma.
He was orginally buried in the Public Cemetery at Lauamund, Drauwerk, Carinthia then transferred to the then British Military Cemetery at Klagenfurt later renamed the Klagenfurt War Cemetery
His portrait is amongst those displayed in cases in the Auckland War Memorial Museum Hall f Memories, WW2
Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 19 Jul 1941 AWMM
Age 29 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria AWMM Grave 1 Plot 6 Row A AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Takapuna War Memorial, (ex RSA Roll, on a boulder), The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Takapuna War Memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/takapuna-war-memorial
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2805638
Sources Used
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Takapuna War Memorial.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 1: WW2 152 - Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
- Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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