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Percy Charles Ainsley

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Lt. Ainsley and Percy Charles Ainsley portrait. Image kindly provided by Bronwyn Barnard carer of Doug Graham (2008). Image may be subject to copyright.

Lt. Ainsley and Percy Charles Ainsley portrait. Image kindly provided by Bronwyn Barnard carer of Do …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Ainsley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    23157 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    21 January 1913 Public - Bron - Other relative - 25 February 2020 - Ancestry.com
  • Place of birth
    Wanganui, NZ Public - Bron - Other relative - 25 February 2020 - Ancestry.com
  • Birth notes
    Parents: Charles Walter Ansley 1882-1953 and
    Ella Foster 1892-1954 Public - Bron - Other relative - 25 February 2020 - Ancestry.com
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 19 Pompallier Street, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 19 Pompallier Street, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs E. Ainsley (wife), 19 Pompallier Street, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs E. Ainsley (wife), 19 Pompallier Street, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Percy's wife was Eileen Alice Ansley nee Connors 1915-2000. Public - Bron - Other relative - 25 February 2020 - Ancestry.com also Marriage Index 1840-1934 and Electoral Roll 1938. Ansley.
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 August 1942 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Column 101. Public - Bron - Other relative - 25 February 2020 - Commonwealth War Grave

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  • Thank you Percy for your service to our country, and for your ultimate sacrifice.

    LEST WE FORGET.
    Public - Bron - Other relative - 25 February 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2119018
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 6 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 7 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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25 February 2020BronSelwyn DistrictOther relative

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