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Ronald Francis Garmonsway

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Portrait, Ronald Garmonsway (Taihape Museum) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Ronald Garmonsway (Taihape Museum) - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Garmonsway AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    5176 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 June 1911 AWMM Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
    Taihape, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Rangiwaea, R.D. Taihape, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Peter Graham - Direct descendant - 25 April 2021 - Family, grandson
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Francis Garmonsway (father), Bells Junction, RD, Taihape, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married to Betty Garmonsway née Hunter Public - Peter Graham - Direct descendant - 25 April 2021 - Family, grandson

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    5176 AWMM
  • Military service
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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
    • Corporal/Military AWMM
      22 Infantry Battalion AWMM
    • 2nd Lieutenant Public - F. John - Other relative - 16 December 2019 - The New Zealand Gazette [No.73] Page 321year 28.02.1957
      2nd Lieutenant R. F. Garmonsway, D.C.M. http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1957/14.pdf

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Corporal Ronald Garmonsway served with Keith Elliot as his Platoon Sergeant. In the same action at El Ruwisat Ridge at El Alamein when Elliot receved his VC, Ronald Garmonsway was awarded the DCM. (information from Robertson, D. 1995.) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • Robertson, D. (1995). Give me Taihape on a Saturday night. Waikanae, N.Z.: The Heritage Press. AWMM
    • The Evening Post AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 63 AWMM
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2021Peter Graham Hamilton, NZDirect descendant
16 December 2019F. JohnAuckland New ZealandOther relative

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