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Ronald Herbert Mathews

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Portrait, Ronald Herbert Mathews - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Ronald Herbert Mathews - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Mathews AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    442432 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 September 1922 AWMM New PlymouthTaranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 24 June 1941 AWMM C/o H.M. Mathews, No. 7 Road, Waitoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L.M. Mathews (mother), C/o K. Clarke, RD Elstowe, Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

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
    WW2 1 January 1946 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Margery, father of Nigel, Christine, Marilyn, Faye and Martin.

    Also served with the RNZAF

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2000 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 July 2010 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    Te ArohaWaikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Te Aroha Cemetery, Stanley Road South, Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 3 August 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 96 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 3 August 2010 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 August 2016Faye PatriciaMatamata, New ZealandChild

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