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1 SOUR @SIB3@
1 NAME Arthur Richard /Fitz-Herbert/
1 SEX M
1 NOTE of Somersal Martin, NZL
2 CONC Served as Trooper in NZ Expiditionary Force WWI Wellington Mounted Riffles 7/1724
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 Nov 1853
2 PLAC Eng
2 NOTE Army record has him born 1876, which is wrong by 23 years.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 Mar 1917
2 CAUS Mortally wounded Gaza 26th.
2 SOUR NZ BDM 1918/39995
1 OCCU Farmer
1 RESI
2 ADDR Oxford Street, Martin, NZL
1 BURI
2 PLAC Gaza
2 NOTE Brass Plague in Tututotara Cemetery, Porewa church, NZL
3 CONT To the glory of God and in loving memory of Arthur Richard Fitzherbert,
3 CONT son of Lt Col Richard Fitzherbert (Rifle Brigade) of Somersal Herbert, Derbyshire.
3 CONT At the age of 62 he heard the call and volunteered as a trooper in the N.Z.E.F. He
3 CONT served in Egypt and Palestine and laid down his life on 27th March 1917 fighting heroically
3 CONT against the Turk by the Gate of Gaza. His body rests nearby at Deir el Belah. His was a
3 CONT rare spirit, cheerful in adversity, faithful under temptation, of incomparable courage,
3 CONT beloved by friends and honoured by all. Though far away the shattered body fill a desert
3 CONT grave the spirit still lives in sure hope of the great reunion.
1 FAMC @FB143@
1 FAMS @FB145@

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