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Cenotaph record

Gordon Hugh Ritchie

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Portrait, Gordon Ritchie taken in Cairo on 20 April 1941 (kindly provided by his wife) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Gordon Ritchie taken in Cairo on 20 April 1941 (kindly provided by his wife) - This image …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon Hugh AWMM
  • Surname
    Ritchie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Stretch AWMM
  • Service number
    13605 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 January 1915 AWMM Ravensbourne, Dunedin AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 2 April 1940 AWMM C/o C.J. McCaughen, Dentist, Gore, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM C/o C.J. McCaughen, Dentist, Gore, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs Jean Marion Ritchie (mother), 53 Helena Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs Jean Marion Ritchie (mother), 53 Helena Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 11 June 1941 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 2 April 1940 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Dental mechanic/Civilian AWMM
    Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Pneumonia, admitted to hospital in Italy AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart failure AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served with the Royal Artillery in Greece AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 February 1991 AWMM
    Age 76 AWMM
    Gore, Southland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Gore Cemetery, Crewe Street, Gore, New Zealand AWMM Ashes Block 102 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Gore Ensign, February 1991 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 403 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 105 AWMM
    • Ensign AWMM
      Death notice: Gore Ensign, February 1991 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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