New Zealand Veterinary Corps
Richard James WESTERN
Lance Corporal
Died 24 December 1917 · Aged 55
His story
Richard James Western served in the New Zealand Veterinary Corps, no. 17/331. The embarkation roll records him as a corporal with the Sixth Reinforcements, giving Remount Camp, Upper Hutt, as his address and his sister, Mrs J. Radcliffe of Marama, Marlborough, as next of kin.
He appeared in a wounded list with a reporting date of 30 August 1916. He later returned to New Zealand and died after discharge on 24 December 1917, aged fifty-five. His headstone at Tuamarina Cemetery records his rank as lance corporal.
Before the war
- Nationality
- New Zealand service
- Family
- Sister and next of kin: Mrs J. Radcliffe, Marama, Marlborough
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Lance Corporal
- Service number
- 17/331
- Corps or service
- New Zealand Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- Sixth Reinforcements
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 24 December 1917
- Age
- 55
- Cemetery or memorial
- Tuamarina Cemetery, New Zealand
Sources and further reading
- A STREET NEAR YOU
- Marlborough District Council cemetery search record for Gordon Richard Western
- NZHistory's Tuamarina Cemetery entry
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Richard James Western”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/richard_james_western/.
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