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Richard George Mangham

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Signed contract between Alfred Andreassend, Ivan Hay, Richard George Mangham and Stuart Laurence Meares who were all Prisoners of War together, and agreed to meet in Nelson, on the second Monday of 1945. Image kindly provided by Gordon Andreassend (April 2021).

Signed contract between Alfred Andreassend, Ivan Hay, Richard George Mangham and Stuart Laurence Mea …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard George AWMM
  • Surname
    Mangham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    7684 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 February 1918 Mangere Historical Society Bunnythorpe, Manawatu-Wanganui Mangere Historical Society
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Upper Plain, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr R.C. Mangham (father), Upper Plain, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM 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
    7684 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      16 July 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 73, Carpi, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
    • WW2 POW - Military Hospital, Caserta, Italy WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 7972 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Wounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM
      Facial Injury, underwent plastic surgery AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWII AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Height, WWII AWMM
      6 feet 2 inches AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Richard Charles Mangham (Source: Mangere Historical Society)

    Husband of Irene (Source: Mangere Historical Society)

    Was Dux of Masterton School (Source: Mangere Historical Society) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 March 1998 Mangere Historical Society
    Martinborough, Wellington Mangere Historical Society
  • 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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  • Memorial name
    Mangere Memorial Hall, Domain Road, Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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  • I remember Uncle Dick with great fondness. My father and he were cousins and firm friends throughout their lives. Remember you telling us stories about the war and how you had your top lip shot off. I thought it was in Crete but I'm not sure. Thinking of you at Anzac day.
    Public - Julie - Other relative - 24 April 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • 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. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 119 AWMM
    • Mangere Historical Society: This record was kindly researched by the Mangere Historical Society. 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
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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24 April 2020JulieTaurangaOther relative

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