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Ronald Hector Hartley

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Portrait of Ronald Hector Hartley on his presentation of medals and retirement in 1969. Image kindly provided by Robin Warren (December 2021).

Portrait of Ronald Hector Hartley on his presentation of medals and retirement in 1969. Image kindly …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Hector AWMM
  • Surname
    Hartley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 6896 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 May 1919 AWMM New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 105 Gill Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs P. Hartley (mother), 105 Gill Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Storeman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Winifred (w.1) and Alice (w. 2).

    Served in the New Zealand Military Forces for29 years 125 days, until the age of 50. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 August 2009 AWMM
    Age 90 AWMM
    Hawkes Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hastings Cemetery Orchard Road Hastings New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 August 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 81 AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (1995). Service lives remembered : the Meritorious Service Medal in New Zealand and it's recipients 1895-1994. Wellington, NZ.: Author. AWMM
      Chamberlain, H. (1995). p. 199 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 August 2009 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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