Lytton Alphonse Ditely

Private

Conflict:

Anglo Boer War

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Lytton Ditely appears in some Rolls of Honour as dying in the Boer War. He did, however, survive the Boer War - and WW1.This was due to mistaken press reports at the time, and not any official casualty report.

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Casualty

Name:

Lytton Alphonse Ditely

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Elizabeth Ditely (wife), Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Akaroa, New Zealand

Unit:

New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, 7 Contingent

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Not known

Date of Death:

18 January 1934

Day of Death:

Thursday

Conflict:

Anglo Boer War

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Main Body

Embarkation Place:

Auckland, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

16 October 1914

Transport:

HMNZT 12

Vessel:

Waimana

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Included in some lists but either untraced or not a casualty

Cemetery Reference:

Ditely appear on some lists as a casualty in the South African War. In fact he was only wounded and lived to serve in the army in WW1. He was discharg