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Richard Beamish Biddles

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Beamish AWMM
  • Surname
    Biddles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 3104 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 Unknown AWMM Pukehuia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs E.B. Biddles (mother), Pukehuia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Middle East AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 3104 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    5 February 1942 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Dargaville Old Mount Wesley Cemetery Dargaville New Zealand AWMM Ashes buried in family plot. AWMM
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Memorial

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17 December 2021BrentNew ZealandResearcher

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