Richard Dallington FITCH

Regimental number22186
OccupationClerk
Next of kinFather, S I Fitch, Dallington, Christchurch
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Specialist Company, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No 4), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sidney I. and Jane E. Fitch, 61 Malcolm Avenue, Fisherton, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 11

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