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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Raymond Herbert Mortimer |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Gunner |
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| Forename(s): |
Raymond Herbert |
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| Surname: |
Mortimer |
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| War: |
Korean War, 1950-1953 |
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| Serial No.: |
208611 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Date of Birth: |
14 November 1929 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Bluff, Southland, New Zealand |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Shearer |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs T. Mortimer (mother), Bluff, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Bluff, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Kayforce |
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| Embarkation Date: |
12 July 1952 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Artillery, 16 Field Regiment |
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| Place of Death: |
Korea |
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| Date of Death: |
14 September 1952 |
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| Age at Death: |
22 |
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| Year of Death: |
1952 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
United Nations Cemetery, Pusan, Korea |
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| Obituary: |
Obituary: New Zealand Herald, 17 September 1952, p. 8 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- "Gunner T. O'Neil [sic], of New Lynn, Auckland, who was reported killed in action on Saturday, lost his life while fetching a stretcher for a badly wounded comrade. The man he was trying to help, Gunner R.H. Mortimer, of Bluff, died of wounds yesterday.
- A third man, Gunner W. Lavery, of Napier, was wounded in the leg during the same enemy shelling. All three were serving in Korea with the 16th New Zealand Field Regiment.
- A memorial service for Gunner O'Neil [sic] was held in his troop area by the senior chaplain with K-Force, the Rev. R.H. McKenzie, says an Army Information Service report. Gunner O'Neil [sic] had been flash spotting with Commonwealth infantry for some three weeks, and was brought back to his troop only a few days ago for a well-earned rest.
- Gunner Mortimer, who was wounded by the first shell to fall in the area, was evacuated to a field ambulance unit and from there taken by helicopter to an American field hospital. He joined the regiment in July." (NZ Herald, 17 September 1952, p. 8)
- "The regiment's worst experience of shelling occured on 13th September 1952, when at least fifty enemy guns worked over the 28 Brigade area for two hours. Some of the 700 incoming shells fell on E Troop, wounding two gunners, R.H. Mortimer and William Lavery. Gunner T.M. O'Neill was killed by another shell as he went to get a stretcher, and Mortimer succumbed to his wounds next day." (McGibbon 1996, vol. 2, p. 241)
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| Further References: |
- Ian McGibbon, New Zealand and the Korean War, Volume II: Combat Operations, Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1996, pp. 241, 371, 408.
- New Zealand in the Korean War. NZHistory online. URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/korean-war
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