COASTWATCHERS Hitchon, Robert Irwin

[John Robertson]

• 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 ​

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