Corporal

Richard Mark Geard

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Walter John Geard and of Annie Beveridge Geard (nee Vercoe), of Avondale, Auckland City.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

‘‘lt is with much regret.that I have to announce that an unfortunate accident occurred at the Army School of Instruction, Trentham, on Saturday morning,” said the Minister for Defence (the Hon. F.Jones) to-night. “The accident occurred during a demonstration which was being given to a class of officers and non-commissioned officers undergoing instruction in the practical use ol bombs. “The chief instructor, Major R. J. D. Davis, N.Z.S.C., an officer of long experience and recognised. as an expert in weapon training in all its phases, was himself giving the demonstration, and was in the process of throwing a, bomb, the fuse of which had been lit. The bomb exploded and he was killed, together with three others.

 “In addition, *l2 of the class were wounded, four of them seriously. The remaining 11, who suffered shock, were able to go to their quarters and soon returned to normal. “All the injured men were immediately attended to by the camp medical staff, and all except those suffering shock were quickly removed to the Wellington Public Hospital by Army motor ambulances, held in the camp to moot such emergencies, the most serious cases being admitted within half an hour after the accident. “The next-of-kin of the dead and injured officers and soldiers were notified of the accident by telegram, and progress reports, where there was a turn for the worse in any of the injured, were dispatched to the next-of-kin during the week-end. “

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, VOLUME 62, ISSUE 101, 9 FEBRUARY 1942, PAGE 2

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Casualty

Service Number: 
1/27/323
Name:
Richard Mark Geard
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Engineers

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in bomb accident
Date of Death:
07 February 1942
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
19
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Pbyn Block D, Row 19, Grave 39.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Richard Mark Geard
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