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Cenotaph record

Ronald Allan Nicholson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Allan AWMM
  • Surname
    Nicholson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ron AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam H80047 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 June 1943 AWMM Te Awamutu, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    British Empire Medal (BEM) AWMM
    BEM 1971. For courage and skill in hazardous conditions.......in an attempt to rescue 3 men who had been swept overboard AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Post WW2 1960 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Diane

    Served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force 1960-1982 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 January 2011 AWMM
    Age 67 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 and 13 January 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
      Taylor, A. (1998). p.794 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12 and 13 January 2011 AWMM

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