Gunner

James Nigel Richardson

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Nigel Canning Richardson and of Margaret Joyce Richardson (nee Shaw); husband of Ruth Gwendolen Richardson (nee Davis), of Marldon, Devon, England.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

During the afternoon of the 18th April, 1941, the NZ Division was withdrawing through Larisa in Greece just ahead of advancing German forces. A convoy of vehicles of the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment were h... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
595
Name:
James Nigel Richardson
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
23 March 1910
Place of Birth: 
Opotiki, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs R G Richardson (wife), Brackendale, Blackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
East Cottage, Halburton, Tiverton, Devon, England
Occupation on Enlistment:
Production manager
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
18 April 1941
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
31
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Face 13.
Cemetery Location: 
Greece
James Nigel Richardson
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