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Phillip Henry Tritt

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Mahora School Roll of Honour. Image kindly provided by Chris Geddis (March 2020). Image subject to copyright restrictions.

Mahora School Roll of Honour. Image kindly provided by Chris Geddis (March 2020). Image subject to c …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Phillip Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Tritt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 7727 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 March 1917 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 912 Tomoana Road, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs R. Tritt (mother), 912 Tomoana Road, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 4 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 7727 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
    Hastings, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded July 1942 AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Phillip Tritt was the son of Phillip Godfrey and Irene Gould Tritt, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 September 1942 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXVIII. B. 3. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Mahora School Roll of Honour, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM

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  • Rest in Peace. May the Lord be with you, and peace live in you always. You will always be in our hearts. Thank you for all the communication you sent home, as this has shed much light on the situation you and your comrades faced each day for the freedom of your country. With love, Carla Tritt. Lest we forget.
    Public - Carla - Other Relative - 29 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • 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 184 AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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24 April 2016timnapierOther
29 April 2015CarlaManagwekaOther Relative

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