Richard James Graham

Died 16 July 1942

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Service number
18067 AWMM
Also known as
Armed force / branch
Army AWMM
Last rank
Private AWMM
20 Infantry Battalion AWMM
War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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Richard James AWMM
Surname
Graham AWMM
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Also known as
Service number
18067 AWMM
Gender
Male AWMM
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
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War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Campaign
Western Desert AWMM
Armed force / branch
Army AWMM
Service number
18067 AWMM
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Medals and Awards
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

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Embarkations

Embarkation details
WW2 Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Prisoner of war

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WW2 POW - Unknown Prisoner of War Camp POW Deaths (R25405152)
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Medical history

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- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
- 16 July 1942 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
  Died at camp hospital. AWMM

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Last rank
Private AWMM
20 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Biographical information

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Son of Reginald Graham and of Isabella Graham (nee Housten), of Timaru, Canterbury AWMM

Death

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Death
16 July 1942 AWMM
Age 29 AWMM
Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
Date of death
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Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
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El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM II. G. 5A AWMM
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External links
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2094221
Sources Used
References
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
  p.135 AWMM
- Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
- Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM

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