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Richard Howden Mitchell

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Richard Mitchell preparing for embarkation

Richard Howden Mitchell

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Howden AWMM
  • Surname
    Mitchell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    266137 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 February 1920 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Riverton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr S. H. Mitchell (father), Dallas Street, Riverton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    266137 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Lorma AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 January 2006 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Dearest Dad, Love you forever Lynne
    Public - lynne - Child - 15 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 136 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
16 March 2023Marie LynneAucklandChild
15 April 2015lynneauckland new ZealandChild

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