Ronald Stuart Park
Born 18 Feb 1895 - Died 15 Aug 1980
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- WWI 66504 AWMM
- WWII 855 AWMM
- Korea 30004 AWMM
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- WW1 Brigadier/Military AWMM
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About
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- Forenames
- Ronald Stuart AWMM
- Surname
- Park AWMM
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- WWI 66504 AWMM
- WWII 855 AWMM
- Korea 30004 AWMM
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- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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About birth
- Birth
- 18 Feb 1895 AWMM
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- Next of kin
- WW2 Mrs S.M. Park (mother), Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
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- WWI 66504 AWMM
- WWII 855 AWMM
- Korea 30004 AWMM
- Military service
- Northern Military District AWMM
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) AWMM
1943 AWMM - Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) AWMM
1952 AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Korea Medal (EIIR) AWMM
- United Nations Medal for Korea AWMM
- New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM
- Coronation Medal ER 1953 AWMM
- Order of Military Merit (South Korea) AWMM
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Soldier/Military AWMM
- Korea Army officer (retired)/Civilian K-Force R22440250
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 21 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 96 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 32nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM - WW2 Brigadier/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Artillery, Force Headquarters AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - Korea Brigadier/Military K-Force R22440250 Headquarters K-Force R22440250 British Commonwealth Forces Korea (Kayforce) AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 21 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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Last known rank
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- WW1 Brigadier/Military AWMM
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Biographical information
- In August 1939, Park served as a military liason officer in London, in this position he was involved in the arrangements for the 2nd Echlon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, he was seconded for the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in October 1941, commanding the United Kingdom Section of the Force, he held this position until December 1946. From February 1942, he was the New Zealand Representative on the British Chiefs of Staff Committee Joint Planning Staff in London. In the Paris Peace Conference in 1946, he served as the military adviser to the New Zealand delegation.
Commanded the Northern Military District from 1947 to 1950, Retired in July 1950. He was recalled from retirement to take up appointment of Kayforce Commander from 29 August 1950 to 28 November 1953. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 15 Aug 1980 AWMM
Age 85 AWMM - Date of death
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- Cemetery
- Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Ashes Returned AWMM
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- Obituary
- Brigadier Park, Press, 20 August 1980, Page 7
Auckland Brigadier Ronald Stuart Park, who commanded New Zealand forces in the Korean War, has died in Auckland. He was 85. Brigadier Park was born in Dunedin and after attending Otago Boys’ High School went to the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1914. He graduated in 1916. Then served with the Royal New Zealand Artillery in France , and Belgium until the end of the First World War. During the Second World War he commanded the United Kingdom element of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary force until 1946. He then attended the Paris peace conference as New Zealand’s military adviser. From 1947 to 1950, he commanded the Northern Military District before being appointed to command K Force for the duration of the Korean War. He retired in 1953. Brigadier Park made a Commander of was the British Empire in 1943 and a Companion of the Bath in 1952. In 1947 he was appointed an aide-de-camp to King George VI. AWMM - Memorial name
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Sources
- External links
- Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium records
http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp
Sources Used - Dictionary of New Zealand Biography essay
https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5p10/park-ronald-stuart
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24062396
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24268627
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24268628
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24268629
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24268630
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24268631
Further Reference - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Stuart_Park
Further Reference - Ronald Stuart Park, New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-208919.html
Further Reference - Mother, Annie Penelope Park
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/annie-penelope-park
Further Reference - Brigadier Park, Press, 20 August 1980, Page 7
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19800820.2.60.1
Further Reference
- Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium records
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
75: 42 - Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author.
p. 321 - Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250)
- Black, E. A. (n.d.). N.Z. armed forces honours & awards : Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, 1950-1972. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence Headquarters.
- Coronation Medals 1953 - Nominal Roll. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R21681744)
- McGibbon, I.C. (1992-1996). New Zealand and the Korean War (Vols. 1-2). Auckland, N.Z.; Wellington, N.Z.: Oxford University Press in association with the Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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