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Cenotaph record

Percival Raymond Ware

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percival Raymond AWMM
  • Surname
    Ware AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    6725 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 August 1907 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    6/8/1907 Public - John & Tina - Other relative - 16 May 2016 - Evens, Rex E. (1993). The Genealogy of The NARBEY Family of Long Bay, Banks Peninsula: Evagean Publishing, Auckland
  • Place of birth
    Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury Public - John & Tina - Other relative - 16 May 2016 - Evens, Rex E. (1993). The Genealogy of The NARBEY Family of Long Bay, Banks Peninsula: Evagean Publishing, Auckland
  • Birth notes
    Young Life spent at Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury Public - John & Tina - Other relative - 16 May 2016 - Evens, Rex E. (1993). The Genealogy of The NARBEY Family of Long Bay, Banks Peninsula: Evagean Publishing, Auckland
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • Divorced Public - John & Tina - Other relative - 16 May 2016 - Evens, Rex E. (1993). The Genealogy of The NARBEY Family of Long Bay, Banks Peninsula: Evagean Publishing, Auckland

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6725 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.194 Painter and decorator/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.194
    Napier, Hawkes Bay 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.194
  • 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Percival Ware was the son of William John and Annie Mary Ware, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 34 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service 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

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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/2769595
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.194 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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