Owen Growden Richards

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Mark and Olive Richards (nee Growden), of St. Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Owen Richards and Avery Dowell took of from Hal Far, Malta to attack a convoy of 4 ships, in their Albacore 1. They were last seen when ordered into the attack, 20 miles west of Sicily. Dowell’s remains later washed up on the island of Stromboli, but was later re-buried at Catania, while Richards is remembered on the New Zealand Naval Memorial.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 73]

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Casualty

Name:

Owen Growden Richards

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS St Angelo

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

14 March 1943

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 9.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand