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Gwendolyn Mary Ranby

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Womens Auxillary Army Corps

RANBY Gwendolyn Mary

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gwendolyn Mary AWMM
  • Surname
    Ranby AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    811812 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 April 1920 WWII WAAC Roll
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.E. Ranby (mother), Edgecumbe, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    29 September 1974 WWII WAAC Roll
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Sources

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  • External links
    Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
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  • References
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.117 AWMM
    • WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] - Lists - Overseas Information [including Strength Returns and Embarkation Rolls] (1943 - 1945) - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, (R22502074) AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245) AWMM
      p.110 AWMM
    • WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] - Middle East - Drafts - Strength Return [and Embarkation Rolls] (1943-1945). Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R22502075). AWMM

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06 November 2022GayleManly WhangaparaoaDirect descendant

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