Ronald Charles Warren

Forenames

Ronald Charles AWMM

Surname

Warren AWMM

Also known as

Rabbit

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Service number

• WWII 425959 AWMM
• WWII NZ45959 AWMM
• NZ425959
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Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

26 July 1923

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Place of birth

Christchurch

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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Pacific WW2

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Armed force / branch

• Air Force AWMM
• RNZAF
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Service number

• WWII 425959 AWMM
• WWII NZ45959 AWMM
• NZ425959
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Military service

Royal Air Force, No. 20 Squadron AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Warrant Officer (W/O)

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Military training

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 37 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 80E. Graduation Date: 20/08/1943. AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Monticello AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Capture details

• WW2 POW - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea AWMM
• WW2 POW - Far East RNZAF AWMM
  Jun 1945 AWMM

Days interned

21 June 1945. He was taken prisoner by Japanese and

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Liberation date

2 September 1945

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POW serial number

Not known

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Last rank

Warrant Officer (W/O)

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Crashed into Jungle Ulu Island, Duke of York Group. AWMM

Date of death

9 April 2002

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Age at death

78

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Place of death

Christchurch

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Cemetery name

Canterbury Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Bromley, Christchurch Cremation

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Grave reference

Plot Cedar Lawn Wall 3

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Related objects

External links

• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845746)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845746
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Air Force Officers and OR's [Other Ranks], Prisoners of War in Europe and Far East, Archives New Zealand, R17845754, ADQA 17263 AIR118/107/76/6
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845754
  Further Reference
• https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/f4u/NZ5402.html
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  Be advised the RNZAF interrogation link is faulty

References

• 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.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing believed killed - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845746)
• Information on Japanese-run internment (prisoner of war) camps was kindly provided by Chris Brooks. More than 350 Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps were run throughout the "Far East" during World War II.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Air Force Officers and OR's [Other Ranks], Prisoners of War in Europe and Far East, Archives New Zealand, R17845754, ADQA 17263 AIR118/107/76/6
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.