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Ernest Henry Kitchen

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Portrait, Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Kitchen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    24118 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Victoria Valley, Kaitaia AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Rural Delivery, Kaitaia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss W. Kitchen (sister), Rural Delivery, Kaitaia, 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
    24118 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ernest Kitchen was the second son of John W. and Susan H. Kitchen, of Kaitaia.

    Born in the Victoria Valley, he was farming there before enlistment. Aged 23 when he enlisted, Private Kitchen went overseas with the Third Echelon.

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

Death

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  • Death
    25 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Libya, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/2123141
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Northland roll of honour and servicemen of WW II [electronic resource]. (2002). Whangarei, N.Z.: Returned Services Association. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 258 AWMM
    • 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
      p.259 AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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