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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Major Richard Price |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Major |
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| Forename(s): |
Richard |
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| Surname: |
Price |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
8/1094 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Major |
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| Next of Kin: |
J.H. Price (father), 40 Ellice Avenue, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Otago |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Port Chalmers, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
593 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
2 May 1915 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Major Price is mentioned in Colonel William Murphy's scrapbook as having died in the assault on Baby 700 (Ref. MS 853).
- The assault on Baby 700 was a nighttime assault, and Major Price may have died on either 2 May 1915 or 3 May 1915.
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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