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Owen Growden Richards

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  • Service number
    • WWII FX84615 AWMM
    • WWII FX 84615 AWMM
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  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Panel 9: Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve - Sub - Lieutenants (A) - Herrold - Wilson, Paymaster Lieutenant, Lieutenants (Special) (digital photo John Halpin 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Owen Growden AWMM
  • Surname
    Richards AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII FX84615 AWMM
    • WWII FX 84615 AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 June 1920 AWMM Spreydon, Christchurch AWMM
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    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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    WW2 Journalist/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Sub Lieutenant AWMM
    Commissioned Oct 1941 AWMM

Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

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Biographical information

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  • Owen Richards was the son of Mark and Olive Richards (nee Growden) of St Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Took off from HMS Angelo at Hal Far, Malta on board an Albacore I (BF696) with three others to attack a convoy of four ships and then failed to return. Last seen at 0220 hours when ordered to attack 7 miles NW of Marettimo Island, 20 miles west of the Western tip of Sicily. AWMM

Death

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    14 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Mediterranean AWMM
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    Killed on Active Service AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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    New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport Naval Base, HMNZS Philomel, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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  • You are not forgotten. Your family remembers the sacrifice you made - Owen Charles Grace, nephew of Owen Richards, completing family archives
    Public - owen charles - Other relative - 5 July 2016
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Sources

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    • Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      vol. 3, p.409 vol. 2, p. 73 AWMM
    • Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM
      Allison, D. (2009). p125 AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 2), Archives New Zealand, R21465676, AAYT AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 3), Archives New Zealand, R21465677, AAYT 8490 AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 7), Archives New Zealand, R21465682, AAYT AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 8), Archives New Zealand, R21465683, AAYT AWMM
    • Allison, D., Richards, R., & Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. (2009). Flying navy : the story of new zealanders who flew in the fleet air arm in world war i and world war ii and the roll of honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland [N.Z.] : Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM

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