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Ronald Leslie Brewer

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 30 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 30 July 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Leslie AWMM
  • Surname
    Brewer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ401249 AWMM
    • WWII 401249 AWMM
  • Gender
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 January 1912 AWMM Portsmouth, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 C/o Tokanui Mental Hospital, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs G. Hodgkins, Portsmouth, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ401249 AWMM
    • WWII 401249 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Nurse AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ronald Brewer was the son of Arthur W. Brewer, and of Gertrude Brewer, of North End, Portsmouth, England

    Missing on Operations. Shot down flying a Spitfire II. The number of the Spitfire was P7327 (Franks 1997 p.122)

    Attached to the Royal Air Force January 1941 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 June 1941 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
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  • 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
    • Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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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/1530398
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Vol 1 p. 127, Vol 3 p. 103. AWMM
    • Franks, N. (1997). Royal Air Force Fighter Command losses of the Second World War. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing. AWMM
    • McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb. AWMM

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04 July 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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