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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 59198" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Rhodes</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Frank Balfour</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Group HQ (Heavy Section)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Trooper</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1331</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>10th November 1943</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Peria Public Cemetery,Northland,New Zealand 4.B.1</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit North Auckland Mounted Rifles,New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 4.4.1913 Fern Flat,North Auckland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Mangonui,North Auckland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Arthur George and Mabel Rhodes,Peria,Northland,New Zealand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 20.9.1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Long Range Patrol July 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>NZ Div.Cavalry Regiment January 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>LRDG 27.3.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>fatally injured whilst on leave in New Zealand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died same day Rotorua Public Hospital,New Zealand</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>headstone shows Frank D. Rhodes (error)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-rhodes.30049/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/30/30049-724daef3ae900226e5bd2039481c30e3.jpg?1591434810" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-rhodes-grave.36060/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36060-f30887d53e1315b2789f1564d39a78a2.jpg?1636553163" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Admitted to the Rotorua Hospital on November 10 last in a critical condition with serious injuries suffered in the State forestry area at Te Whaiti, Mr. Frank Balfour Rhodes, aged 30, bushman, died the same night. At the inquest held in Rotorua the coroner, Mr. W. L. Richards, returned a verdict that death had been accidental and that Mr. Rhodes had died as the result of severe injuries to the chest and shock. The coroner commented that a sad feature of the case was that deceased had been on furlough after serving in the Middle East."</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LXXIV, ISSUE 275, 19 NOVEMBER 1943, PAGE 4</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 59198, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Rhodes[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Frank Balfour[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Group HQ (Heavy Section)[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Trooper[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]1331[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]10th November 1943[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]30[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Peria Public Cemetery,Northland,New Zealand 4.B.1[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]parent unit North Auckland Mounted Rifles,New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 4.4.1913 Fern Flat,North Auckland[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]resided Mangonui,North Auckland[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Arthur George and Mabel Rhodes,Peria,Northland,New Zealand[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]enlisted 20.9.1939[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Long Range Patrol July 1940[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]NZ Div.Cavalry Regiment January 1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]LRDG 27.3.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]fatally injured whilst on leave in New Zealand[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died same day Rotorua Public Hospital,New Zealand[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]headstone shows Frank D. Rhodes (error)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-rhodes.30049/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/30/30049-724daef3ae900226e5bd2039481c30e3.jpg?1591434810[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-rhodes-grave.36060/'][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36060-f30887d53e1315b2789f1564d39a78a2.jpg?1636553163[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Admitted to the Rotorua Hospital on November 10 last in a critical condition with serious injuries suffered in the State forestry area at Te Whaiti, Mr. Frank Balfour Rhodes, aged 30, bushman, died the same night. At the inquest held in Rotorua the coroner, Mr. W. L. Richards, returned a verdict that death had been accidental and that Mr. Rhodes had died as the result of severe injuries to the chest and shock. The coroner commented that a sad feature of the case was that deceased had been on furlough after serving in the Middle East."[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LXXIV, ISSUE 275, 19 NOVEMBER 1943, PAGE 4[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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