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Ralph Thomas Boyd Burton

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Portrait of Ralph Thomas Boyd Burton, 28178 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Gino Demeer 1106-7239. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Ralph Thomas Boyd Burton, 28178 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Gino Demeer 1106-7239. CC- …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ralph Thomas Boyd AWMM
  • Surname
    Burton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 28178 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 October 1918 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 1940 AWMM 11 Torrance Street, Epsom, Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 1941 AWMM 11 Torrance Street, Epsom, Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr R.H. Burton (father), 11 Torrance Street, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mr R.H. Burton (father), 11 Torrance Street, Epsom, Auckland, 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
  • 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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  • Member of the Henderson RSA. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    30 July 2014 Death Notice, 31 July 2014.
    Age 95 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block R Row 22 Plot 10 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • My brave Dad. You are always in my heart. Forever loved. Tuppy
    Public - Penelope Anne - Child - 25 April 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    http://www.purewa.co.nz/details.asp?id=137624&type=Burial
    Cemetery record
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      July 31 to Aug. 2, 2014 AWMM
    • 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.67 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.51 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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