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Winton Herbert Ryan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Winton Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Ryan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    2608 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 June 1911 BDM 1979/37294
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM C/o R.N.Z.A.F. Whenuapai, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM C/o R.N.Z.A.F. Whenuapai, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs V.S. Armstrong (mother), 26 Graham Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Ryan (wife), C/o B. Cochran, High Street, Marton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    2608 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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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    • Husband of Isabel Jean Cochran (42626) whom he met whilst they were both serving overseas.

      Second Lieutenant, Platoon Commander of 12 Platoon B Company. AWMM
    • Husband of Mary Ryan whom he met in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Public - Fay - Child - 11 February 2022 - Family history

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 June 1979 BDM 1979/37294
    Age 68 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Mangakino Public Cemetery, Taupo, Waikato AWMM RSA Lawn Section, 1, 005 AWMM
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Sources

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    • 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 159 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 86 AWMM

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