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James Ruddock

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Ruddock AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 24273 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    1st July 1912 Public - Kathryn - Other relative - 2 October 2021 - British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 relating to his father, also James Ruddock.
  • Place of birth
    Possibly born in Brotton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Public - Kathryn - Other relative - 2 October 2021 - Family address on 1911 Census, England.
  • Birth notes
    Birth registered in Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Public - Kathryn - Other relative - 2 October 2021 - England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Care of O.J. Gordon, Mangatapara AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmhand/Farmer Public - Kathryn - Other relative - 2 October 2021 - New Zealand Electoral Rolls.
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. J. Ruddock, Yorkshire, England (father) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 24273 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.415 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.415
    Morrinsville, Waikato 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.415
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.415 AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 October 2021KathrynMiddlesbroughOther relative

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