RITCHIE, Jonathan Neil
(Service number 63048)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 18/04/1886 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Arundel | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs M. A. RITCHIE (mother), Arundel | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
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| Date | 21 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 10 September 1951 | Age | 65 years |
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| Place of Death | Ashburton | ||
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Biographical Notes
Jonathan Neil Rtchie was the youngest son of James and Mary Hannah (Polly, née Earnshaw) Ritchie. Embarking at Tilbury on 12 March 1919 for the return home, Jonathan reached Lyttelton, New Zealand by the “Corinthic” in April 1919, one of 1142 soldiers aboard. His oldest brother, Francis Herbert Edward Ritchie, was called up in 1917. Francis, too, is buried in the Cracroft Cemetery.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 November 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 November 2019]; Cracroft cemetery headstones transcription [15 November 2019]; Timaru Herald, 12 April 1919 (Papers Past) [26 November 2013]
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