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Edward John Ballam

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Headstone, Edward John Ballam (5155533) Mangere Lawn Cemetery (photo S Lees 3 January 2012) - This image may be subject to copyright

Headstone, Edward John Ballam (5155533) Mangere Lawn Cemetery (photo S Lees 3 January 2012) - This i …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward John AWMM
  • Surname
    Ballam AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ted AWMM
  • Service number
    Malaya 515533 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 October 1936 AWMM AWMM
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • Son of William Clifford Ballam and Bona Ballam.

    Served in Malaya 1957-1959. Source: New Zealand Malaya Veterans Association. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    21 April 2007 Cemetery Record
    Ashburton, Canterbury Cemetery Record
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Mangere Public Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Row E, Plot 77, Lawn Plaque Red Area AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
      Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, UK. OUP. AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Malayan Veterans Assn. (2004-). Selamat : Newsletter of the Malayan Veterans' Association Inc. AWMM

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