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English Māori

Leonard Bruce Ballantyne

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North Africa with Bagnold Sun Compass

Capt. Leonard Ballantyne NZ #1398

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard Bruce AWMM
  • Surname
    Ballantyne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bruce AWMM
  • Service number
    1398 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 July 1912 AWMM Waitahora, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Pongaroa, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J.G. Ballantyne (wife), Pongaroa, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Married 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Patrol Commander with the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1957 AWMM
    Age 45 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • Documents
    • 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 13 AWMM
    • O'Carroll, B. (2000). The Kiwi scorpions : the story of the New Zealanders in the Long Range Desert Group. Devon, England: Token Publishing. AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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