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Richard Woodstock

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Portrait of Richard Woodstock. Image kindly provided by family (November 2019). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Richard Woodstock. Image kindly provided by family (November 2019). Image may be subject …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Woodstock AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    William Richard Public - kevin - Other relative - 8 February 2019 - Westport Genealogy & History Group
  • Service number
    WWII 19905 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    C.E Anglican Church Public - kevin - Other relative - 8 February 2019 - Westport Genealogy & History Group

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 March 1921 AWMM
  • Date of birth
    23 March 1921 Public - Kevin - Other relative - 4 February 2019 - Westport Genealogy & History Group
  • Place of birth
    Westport, New Zealand Public - Kevin - Other relative - 4 February 2019 - Westport Genealogy & History Group
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 49 Peel Street, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr R.C. Woodstock (father), 49 Peel Street, Westport, 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
    Tunisia AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 19905 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Richard Woodstock was the son of Richard Charles and Vida Jane Upham Woodstock, of Westport, New Zealand.

    CWGC incorrectly spells Richard's mothers name as Viola not Vida. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Tunisia, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia Public - kevin - Other relative - 8 February 2019 - www.cwgc.org
  • Grave reference
    Face 40 Public - kevin - Other relative - 8 February 2019 - www.cwgc.org
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2633369
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 232 AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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08 February 2019kevinNZLOther relative

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