- SURNAME
Hitchon
- FORENAME
Robert Irwin
- UNIT
New Zealand Infantry (30 Bn)/Coastwatcher
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
64882
- DATE OF DEATH
15th October 1942
- AGE
28
- GRAVESITE
Bourail Memorial,New Caledonia Panel 1
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Robert and Sarah Ann Hitchon,Kohimarama,Auckland City,New Zealand
next of kin quoted as his mother Sarah,No 7 Road,Waitoa,New Zealand
farmhand in civilian life
award Mention in Despatches
POW September 1942 Gilbert Islands
executed by Japanese Betio,Tarawa,Gilbert Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
15-Oct-1942AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/hitchon-robert-irwin.37971/FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110861448/robert-irwin-hitchon
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