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Ronald Frederick Andrews

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  • Service number
    • WWII NZ424405 AWMM
    • WWII 424405 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Last rank
    WW2 Flying Officer/Military Promotions, Transfers and Discharges
  • War
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Portrait of Ronald Frederick Andrews, 424405 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Larissa Drysdale 9999-7573. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Ronald Frederick Andrews, 424405 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Larissa Drysdale 9999-757 …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Andrews AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ424405 AWMM
    • WWII 424405 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 December 1916 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 11 Alan Street, Palmerston North AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ424405 AWMM
    • WWII 424405 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 House furnisher/Civilian Ballot List
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Taupō RSA AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 October 2016 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Published by Dominion Post on Oct. 29, 2016.
    "ANDREWS, Ronald Frederick: 424405. RNZAF WWII
    Passed peacefully on 20th October 2016 at Taupo. Aged 99 years 10 months. Loved husband of the late Cora and Dawn, and Dad of Carole, Sharon, Gilbert and the late Gregary - brother of Earle, Joan and John. Many thanks to the staff at St John's Wood and the enliven girls. A private cremation has taken place as per Dad's wishes. Messages to 15A Meadowbrook Dr. P. Nth." AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    'Engagement' Manawatu Standard, 8 December 1941
    https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19411208.2.70.2?
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM

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31 March 2020JessPalmerston North, New ZealandDirect descendant

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