Eric Walter Richards

Sapper

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Walter and Helen Richards, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Rita Richards.

References:

CWGC

WW2 RoH

NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number:

17859

Name:

Eric Walter Richards

Rank:

Sapper

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Rita E. Richards (wife), Chaucer Street, Milton, Dunedin, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

27 Bathgate Road, Dunedin, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Boilermaker

Unit:

New Zealand Engineers

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killled in action

Date of Death:

26 June 1942

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Alamein Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Column 100.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt