Sergeant

Richard Edward Cottingham

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Wolfran Cottingham and of Sophia Cottingham (nee Johanson), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
30295
Name:
Richard Edward Cottingham
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs S. Cottingham (mother), 266 Adelaide Road, Wellington, New Zealand|Mrs S. Cottingham (mother), 266 Adelaide Road, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
C/o E.J. Botce, Maharahara, Dannevirke, New Zealand|C/o E.J. Botce, Maharahara, Dannevirke, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Labourer|Labourer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
03 June 1944
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 2nd Echelon
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
X. J. 17.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Richard Edward Cottingham
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