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Richard Clarence Lee

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Clarence AWMM
  • Surname
    Lee AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25659 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tauraroa, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Winifred A. Lee (mother), 7 Leith Street, Whangarei, North Auckland, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    25659 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidental death on active service, believed drowned AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Walter James Lee and Winifred A. Lee, of Tauraroa

    Three sons, brothers died from drowning whilst serving in WW2 Richard Clarence Lee (25659); William Eric Lee (25660), James Wesley Lee (8754).

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1940 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM P. 264 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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