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Desmond Leith Ritchie

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Desmond Leith AWMM
  • Surname
    Ritchie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ2313 AWMM
    • WWII NZD2313 AWMM
    • WWII NZD2313 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Petty Officer Desmond Ritchie was the son of Douglas Ritchie and of Eleanor Ritchie (nee Cozens), of Dalmore, Otago, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    19 December 1944 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Fareham, Hampshire AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Hampshire, England AWMM New Gd. F. 4. 9. AWMM
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