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Ronald Ambrose Whitelock

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 31 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Ambrose AWMM
  • Surname
    Whitelock AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 45626 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
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  • Waka
  • Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 April 1896 Noel Smith and Lyn Griffiths research
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Whitelock (mother), Harrogate, England AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 45626 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Ronald Whitelock was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Whitelock. Born at Aiskew, Bedale, Yorks, England. AWMM
    • See Herbert Vivian Whitelock. Public - Paul - Researcher - 23 April 2022 - Paul Hickford, They Marched to War, 2019, p.322.

Death

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  • Death
    24 February 1918 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM VIII. B. 5. AWMM
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  • Ronald was wounded in action on 12 October 1917 during fighting in the Battle of Passchendaele. He was one of five brothers who served in the war. Brothers Francis Randal (Frank) and Vivian Herbert also served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Frank was wounded in action during the Battle of Messines and Herbert lost his life on 15 September 1916, the first day of the Battle of Flers Courcelette, part of the Somme offensive.
    Ronald later died of his wounds and is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, England.
    Public - Paul - Researcher - 3 August 2017
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23 April 2022PaulAuckland, New ZealandResearcher
03 August 2017PaulWest AucklandResearcher

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