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Ronald Fergusson O'Brien

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Fergusson AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Brien AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ronald Fergusson O'Brien AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 4215748 AWMM
    • Korea 208304 AWMM
    • Malaya 208304 AWMM
    • Malaya S208304 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Service

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Prisoner of war

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Biographical information

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  • Photo of Sgt R.F. O'Brien in The Warrant Officers & Senior NCOs, 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Nyasa Camp, Malaya 1958). Source: The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Journal (1983)

    Photo of Sgt R.F. O'Brien in I.N.Z. Regiment, WOs & SGTs (Sabroan Camp, Taiping, Perak 1958 - 1959). Source: The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Journal (1983) AWMM

Death

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    29 August 2011 Death Notice
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    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM

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