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Cenotaph record

Ian Murray Kenneth Balsom

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Tirau District 1939 - 1945 Roll of Honour held by the Tirau Museum - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ian Murray Kenneth AWMM
  • Surname
    Balsom AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    273703 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 March 1921 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Okoroire, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs I. Balsom (mother), Tirau RD, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    273703 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Doris; father of Barry, Gayle, Sharyn, Dennis, Stephen

    Recorded as M. Balsam on Tirau District 1939 - 1945 Roll of Honour AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 December 2008 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    Cambridge, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hautapu Lawn Cemetery, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM Block O Row C Plot 68 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 27 December 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Roll of Honour, Tirau District 1939 - 1945, Tirau Museum, Tirau, New Zealand AWMM

Roll of Honour

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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. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 11: WW2 9 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 27 December 2008 AWMM

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