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People · c. 1912–1941

Richard Roy Buckeridge

Private, 24th New Zealand Battalion

Service number 23907, from Te Kuiti, aged 29. Killed in the air attack on the 24th Battalion camp at Myloi on 26 April 1941. Buried in a collective grave at Phaleron War Cemetery (13. C. 12–14).

Also written: Ρίτσαρντ Ρόι Μπάκεριτζ, R. R. Buckeridge, 23907

Events

  1. 26 April 1941

    Dive bombers hit the 24th Battalion camp: four New Zealanders killed

    The New Zealand 24th Battalion reached Myloi early on 26 April 1941 and rested in a dried-up riverbed. Australian lorries driving to the camp in daylight were spotted, and dive bombers attacked the area at intervals for…

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