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Jack Cyril RICHDALE

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Date of birth25 September 1895
Date of death07 June 1917
Mothers nameEva Blanche (née Bayliss)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Fathers nameJ Richdale, 8 Rose St, Napier
SiblingsWilliam Leslie(b 1897), Eva Maud (b 1898), Myrtle May (b 1901)
Cause of deathKilled in action
Buried whereWulvergheim-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery. III.F.28
AwardsBritish War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthHawera, New Zealand
OccupationFarmer, Mangatainoka
Place of deathFrance or Belgium
Date of arrival overseas03 May 1916
Theatres of warWestern Europe 1916, 1917
Place of embarkationWellington
SurnameRICHDALE
War memorialWeraroa Peace Gates
Place enlistedTrentham
Christian namesJack Cyril
Place of arrival overseasSuez, Egypt
WarsWW 1
Service number10108
ReligionAnglican
Date enlisted15 November 1915
Final rankPrivate
Regiment or service2nd Bn Auckland Regiment 11th reinforcements NZEF
Embarkation date02 April 1916
User reference9.243

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Birth Register gives name as Cyril Claude Richdale

Last Employer: G Frater (?), Napier.

NOK: Father.

Height: 5’4”. Weight: 140lb.

Hair: Brown. Eyes: Brown.

Complexion: Dark.

On Roll of Honour at The Pirate Rugby Football Club, Napier

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