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Petty Officer Radio Mechanic DESMOND LEITH RITCHIE

Service Number: 2313
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Navy

H.M.S. Collingwood

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

New Gd. F. 4. 9.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Douglas Ritchie and of Eleanor Ritchie (nee Cozens), of Dalmore, Otago, New Zealand.
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HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Hampshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1413
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