Richard George Mangham

Forenames

Richard George AWMM

Surname

Mangham AWMM

Service number

7684 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

6 Feb 1918 Mangere Historical Society

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Upper Plain, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr R.C. Mangham (father), Upper Plain, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

7684 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM

Capture details

• WW2
  16 Jul 1942 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria AWMM
• WW2 POW - P.G. 73, Carpi, Italy AWMM
• WW2 POW - Military Hospital, Caserta, Italy AWMM

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 rank

27 (Machine Gun) Battalion AWMM

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

25 Mar 1998 Mangere Historical Society

Memorial name

Mangere Memorial Hall, Domain Road, Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
  Sources Used
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
  Further Reference

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.
  WW2 1: WW2 119
• Mangere Historical Society: This record was kindly researched by the Mangere Historical Society.
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• 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)
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.