Richard David Baker Milner

Forenames

Richard David Baker AWMM

Surname

Milner AWMM

Service number

62856 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1916

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Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of George Fredrick and Iti Milner, of Kawakawa

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 29 Davies Crescent, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Miss F. Milner (sister), Karetu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

62856 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Driver/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Sergeant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

Richard David Baker Milner was the son of George Fredrick and Iti Milner, of Kawakawa, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

2 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM I.H. 14. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum, Memorial Plaque WW2 AWMM
• Kawakawa District War Memorial, Kawakawa and Districts War Memorial Domain AWMM
• 29 Albert Street, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2210542
  Sources Used
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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.
  WW2 5: WW2 148