Frank Balfour Rhodes

Trooper

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Arthur George and May Rhodes, of Peria, Northland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Admitted to the Rotorua Hospital on November 10 last in a critical condition with serious injuries suffered in the State forestry area at Te Whaiti, Mr. Frank Balfour Rhodes, aged 30, bushman, died the same night. At the inquest held in Rotorua the coroner, Mr. W. L. Richards, returned a verdict that death had been accidental and that Mr. Rhodes had died as the result of severe injuries to the chest and shock. The coroner commented that a sad feature of the case was that deceased had been on furlough after serving in the Middle East."

AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LXXIV, ISSUE 275, 19 NOVEMBER 1943, PAGE 4

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Casualty

Service Number:

1331

Name:

Frank Balfour Rhodes

Rank:

Trooper

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Armoured Corps, Long Range Desert Group

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidental death on active service

Date of Death:

10 November 1943

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Peria Public Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

4. B. 1.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand