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John Frederick Gwyther Richards

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Frederick Gwyther AWMM
  • Surname
    Richards AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/4083 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Baptist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 May 1887 Pat Clarkson Research Hunterville, Manawatu-Wanganui Pat Clarkson Research
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Guy's Hospital, London, England AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 J.G. Richards (father), Auckland AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Educated at Wellington and Guy's Hospital, London. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    30 April 1965 Pat Clarkson Research
    Age 78 AWMM
    Pat Clarkson Research
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20805615
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI. AWMM
    • Wright-St Clair, R. (2013). Historia nunc vivat medical practitioners in New Zealand, 1840 to 1930. Christchurch, N.Z.: Cotter Medical History Trust. AWMM
    • New Zealand Medical Journal AWMM
      NZMJ,1965; 64:464-65 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM
      p.439 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM

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