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Robert James Mitchell

1893-1926

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21440

About

Born in New Zealand

31 March 1893
Parent

Father

W. J. Michell
Residence

Hometown

Waiuta
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Territorial Force

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 33

    23 September 1926

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 34/0081813, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 41.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Robert James Mitchell (1893-1926)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/588

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