Lieutenant Colonel

Raymond James Lynch

MC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Peter and Lydia Lynch; husband of Glenys Lynch, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
2659
Name:
Raymond James Lynch
Rank: 
Lieutenant Colonel
Date of Birth:
24 October 1909
Place of Birth:
Waihi,
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Glenys L. Lynch (wife), PO Box 10, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
70 Sarsfield Street, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Sales Manager
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 18 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds whilst a Prisoner of War
Date of Death:
26 September 1942
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
05 January 1940
Destination:
Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
VI, C, 9.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Raymond James Lynch
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