Dick Minter

1922 - 1979  (57 years)

• Name	Dick Minter
  Birth	28 Mar 1922	Rhodesia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Cremated	Whangarei, Whangarei District, Northland, New Zealand
  _UID	6B09DA7AA5144C5F867C26BB8B06BCC925DA
  Death	19 Sep 1979	New Zealand   [3, 4]
  Notes	Hazel Minter (in November 2001) said that Dick was part of the crew of a ship owned by Jeanne's father and that is how Dick and Jeanne met. [This was after the end of the war - more below] October 2016: the British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns at findmypast.co.uk include a record (transcription only) of Dick's marriage in 1946 in Bombay. He was 24, Jeanne, 21. Leading Signalman Dick Minter, D.S.M., C/JX.X55II4, was awarded the British Empire Medal (Military Division) for gallant and distinguished services on 15 August 1944 (per London Gazette 11 August 1944). New Zealand, Naturalization 1843 - 1981 at ancestry.com: Dick Minter born 28 Mar 1922 Bulawayo, Rhodesia; aged 55, naturalized on 6 May 1977. Dick appeared in NZ Electoral Rolls as follows: 1963 & 1966 - at 26 Matipo Road, Waitemata, Auckland, Dick Minter, public servant 1969 & 1972 - at 21 Glen Road, North Shore, Auckland, Dick Minter, public servant. In 1972, Alfreda R Minter, widow, was also in North Shore, at 10A Fenwick Ave. 1978 - at 11a Davis Street, Whangerei, Northland, Dick Minter, storeman and Joyce Edna Minter, wife 1981 - at 11a Davis Street, Whangerei, Northland, Joyce Edna Minter, wife [Dick had died by this time]. July 2018, from James Earley: A story in the "Ron Richards Shop Talk" column in the Good Morning of 9 February 1944, confirms that Dick Minter received the DSM. The story reports that Dick, having been captured when the submarine 'Sahib' was sunk, escaped from a prison camp in Italy and eventually found his way back home to Canterbury. A copy of the story is on Minter Exchange. At the end of the war Dick Minter served on the Hospital Ship 'Ophir' - the one captained by Captain Venema and referred to in 2001 by Hazel Minter. Much more on this was provided in August 2022 by Laura Schofield, daughter of Len Schofield who served with Dick Minter on HMHS Ophir. The story and pictures are on Minter Exchange.
  Person ID	I24	Canterbury (2), Kent
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Athelstan Herbert Minter,   b. 6 Feb 1886, St Giles-in-the-Wood, Torrington, Devon d. 20 Mar 1932, Memorial Hospital, Bulawayo, S Rhodesia (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Elvie POPE,   b. 25 Dec 1888, Blean RD d. 13 Aug 1952, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, Kent (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1919	Blean RD   [5]
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jeanne Aantje VENEMA,   b. Abt 1925   d. 1 Dec 1986, Holland (Age ~ 61 years)
  Marriage	1946	Bombay, India   [6]
  Children	1. Gillian Minter   2. Janet Minter
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Joyce RINGHAM,   b. Aft 1925, New Zealand d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Documents

  Dick Minter 1922 - 1979 World War 2 hero

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz July 2010, date only from this source. (Reliability: 3). [S11] Father's Death Notice in Zimbabwean records at FamilySearch, April 2013. [S9] www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz July 2010, ref no. 1979/48969. (Reliability: 3). [S24] Whangarei City Burial Records, New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800 - 2007 at ancestry.com. [S3] BMD index (Reliability: 3). Q2 1919 Blean 2a/2729. [S15] British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns at findmypast.co.uk.