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Cenotaph record

Ronald James Pearce

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald James AWMM
  • Surname
    Pearce AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Chief AWMM
    • Digger AWMM
    • Kiwi AWMM
  • Service number
    615917 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1922 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 60 Heretaunga Street, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Chief Engineer, Rotorua Hospital/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J.G. Pearce (father), 60 Heretaunga Street, Petone, Wellington, 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
    615917 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Fitter and Turner/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 Doreen

    Memorial gathering at Rotorua Citizens Club, Arawa, New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 November 2007 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 15 November 2007 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • 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. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 151 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 15 November 2007 AWMM

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