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Richard Robert Bateman

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Bateman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 42132 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 48 Aldwin's Road, Christchurch AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs Fanny Bateman, 48 Aldwin's Road, Chch (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 42132 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      13 December 1941 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Dulag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number
    WWII 32804 AWMM

Medical history

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • My Great-uncle Bob volunteered with his brother Percy at the beginning of WW2. The family remembers two wonderful men. Percy was killed by a German sniper while picking up the wounded after a battle. Bob saw it happen. At the same time he was taken as a POW where he suffered for the duration of the war. Towards the end he and others with him were marched deeper into Germany and if any fell they were shot. The men helped keep each other up...When he arrived back, the family excitedly went to meet him but didn't recognise him for he had changed so much ... Nor was he able to eat the beautiful dinner prepared . Bob, who I didn't meet, died less than 10 years later, due to the illnesses and injuries he never really recovered from, but the family never forgot his kind and gentle nature, nor that of Percy's. We remember them. Sending love....Arohanui, always... Mary and Charlie
    Public - Mary - Direct descendant - 22 May 2018
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p. 24 AWMM
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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22 May 2018MaryNew ZealandDirect descendant

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