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Ronald Charles Warren

  • Service number
    • WWII 425959 AWMM
    • WWII NZ45959 AWMM
    • NZ425959 Public - John - Researcher - 15 April 2023 - Military Records
  • Also known as
    Rabbit Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Grave Plaque
  • Armed force / branch
    • Air Force AWMM
    • RNZAF Public - John - Researcher - 15 April 2023 - Military Records
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Ronald Warren in hospital after POW liberation

Ronald Warren

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Warren AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Rabbit Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Grave Plaque
  • Service number
    • WWII 425959 AWMM
    • WWII NZ45959 AWMM
    • NZ425959 Public - John - Researcher - 15 April 2023 - Military Records
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    26 July 1923 Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - BDM Record 2002/7904
  • Place of birth
    Christchurch Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Press Release
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific WW2 Public - John - Researcher - 15 April 2023 - Military Records
  • Armed force / branch
    • Air Force AWMM
    • RNZAF Public - John - Researcher - 15 April 2023 - Military Records
  • Service number
    • WWII 425959 AWMM
    • WWII NZ45959 AWMM
    • NZ425959 Public - John - Researcher - 15 April 2023 - Military Records
  • Military service
    Royal Air Force, No. 20 Squadron AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    Warrant Officer (W/O) Public - John - Researcher - 15 April 2023 - Military Records

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
    WW2 POW - Rabaul, Papua New Guinea Chris Brooks POW research
  • Days interned
    21 June 1945. He was taken prisoner by Japanese and Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Press release
  • Liberation date
    2 September 1945 Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Press release
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    Not known Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Press release

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Warrant Officer (W/O) Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Military records

Biographical information

Biographical information

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

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    9 April 2002 Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Cemetery records
  • Age at death
    78 Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Cemetery records
  • Place of death
    Christchurch Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Cemetery records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Canterbury Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Bromley, Christchurch Cremation Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Plot Cedar Lawn Wall 3 Public - John - Self - 15 April 2023 - Cemetery records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • 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. AWMM
    • 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) AWMM
    • 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. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
15 April 2023JohnBlenheimSelf
08 January 2022AntonioHastings DistrictResearcher
24 April 2019Mark Tamborine Mountain, AustraliaDirect descendant

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