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Ralph Oliver Eagles

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ralph Oliver AWMM
  • Surname
    Eagles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Honest Ollie AWMM
  • Service number
    2993 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 February 1916 AWMM Devonport, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 3 September 1939 AWMM 21 Anne Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    General Manager, Auckland Education Board/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr James William Eagles (father), 21 Anne Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 6 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Greece AWMM
    • 1941 Crete AWMM
    • El Alamein AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    2993 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Attended OCTU after returning from Crete AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 3 September 1939 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Factory hand/Civilian AWMM
    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
    • Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
      False teeth AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Suffered shrapnel wound in knee and hearing loss AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Colon carcinoma, metastic disease, and heart disease AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 September 1997 AWMM
    Age 81 AWMM
    Takapuna, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland Domain, an Olive Tree (Olea europaea) planted close to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the grounds of the Auckland Domain commemorates those who fought on Crete in 1941. AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • 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 53 AWMM
    • Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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