Captain

Guy Napier Richardson

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Major-General Sir George Spafford Richardson, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., and of Lady Richardson (nee Warren); husband of June Fredericka Richardson, of Bayswater, Auckland.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"The death occurred at Auckland on Friday at the age of 37 of Captain Guy Napier Richardson, second son of Lady Richardson and the late Major-General Sir George Richardson. He was educated at Wellington College and in Britain, and went overseas from New Zealand with an anti-tank regiment in the Third Echelon. He took part in Ihe fighting in Greece, where he was wounded and evacuated to Crete and later to Egypt. In December. 1941, Captain Richardson was wounded a second time in the Libyan campaign, and was invalided back to New Zealand in the following March Shortly before his departure overseas he had been married, in June, 1940. to Miss Judy Cross,  who survives him with their three children."

[Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 56, 4 September 1945, Page 8]

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
23200
Name:
Guy Napier Richardson
Rank: 
Captain
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Not known
Date of Death:
31 August 1945
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
37
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Prot. Soldiers Area G, Row 10, Grave 56.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Guy Napier Richardson
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