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Richard Henry Petterd

1873-1941

Portrait of Richard Henry Petterd

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

39673

About

Born in Australia

3 January 1873
Parents

Mother

Arnelna Petterd

Father

W. F. Petterd

Settled in New Zealand

1915
Residence

Hometown

Swanson
Work

Occupation

Settler

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

M. H. Petterd

Army Experience

  • Castlecliff Rifles

    2 years in 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 68

    22 January 1941

    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 W5550 21/0092507, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

    Photograph

    Auckland Libraries Ngā Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections: 31-P3460.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Richard Henry Petterd (1873-1941)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/677

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