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Ronald James Milroy

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald James AWMM
  • Surname
    Milroy AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 37104 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 33 Adams Tce., Wellington AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 33 Adams Tce., Wellington AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 33 Adams Tce., Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. M.M. Milroy, 33 Adams Tce., Wellington (wife) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. M.M. Milroy, 33 Adams Tce., Wellington (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. M.M. Milroy, 33 Adams Tce., Wellington (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 37104 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.331 Car painter/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.331
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.331
    • WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 8, p.31 Car painter/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 8, p.31
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 8, p.31
    • WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.278 Car painter/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.278
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.278
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • 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

About death

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

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • 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.331 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 8 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1942 to 30th June, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.31 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.278 AWMM
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