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• Name PITCHER
• Initials AJ
• First name ARTHUR JOHN
• Place of birth Malborough
• Country New Zealand
• Last residence 12, Budge Street, Blenheim
• Family Son of Arthur James and Mary Pitcher, of Mangaonoho, New Zealand
• Profession (Motor) engineer (bridge builder, traction or locomotive driver)
• Extra info Husband of Mary B. Pitcher, of Waverley, New Zealand.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Blenheim, 6 October 1916
• Service number 40243
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career EMBARKATION: 2 April 1917, Wellington
  Left for France 6 July 1917

Death

• Wounded 12 January 1918
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds abdomen penetrating in n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 12 January 1918
• Died at the age of 31
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - CC - 1

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