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Richard Bruce Townley

1880-1947

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21395

About

Born

23 October 1880
Work

Occupation

Engineer's Assistant

Army Experience

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 66

24 July 1947

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 W5557 75/0115415, Military Personnel File.

Ibid., AABK 18805 W5557 38/0886682, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 42.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Richard Bruce Townley (1880-1947)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/854

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