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Ralph Allen Duley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ralph Allen AWMM
  • Surname
    Duley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 37023 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1918 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Record
  • Place of birth
    Wairoa, Hawke's Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 June 2023 - Newspaper Report
  • Birth notes
    Son of John Alexander Duley and Rebecca Mary Duley, of Wairoa Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Record
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Napier Road, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs J.L. Duley (wife), c/o Mrs W.R. Fisher, Waihora Road, Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • Husband of Joan Louisa Duley, of Te Karaka, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 June 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage Record

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
    WWII 37023 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 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Wairoa, Hawkes Bay 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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidentally killed on active service AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ralph Duley was the son of John Alexander Duley and Rebecca Mary Duley, of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand; husband of Joan Louisa Duley, of Te Karaka, Auckland. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 June 1942 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXIX. C. 20. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    News has been received by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Duley, Wairoa, that their son. Driver Ralph Duley. has been accidentally killed overseas. Driver Duley, who was born in Wairoa and educated at the Wairoa District High School, was married but had no family. His wife lives in Te Karaka, Gisborne Besides his wife and parents he leaves four brothers, one of whom is overseas and one in camp, and four sisters. Driver Duley and his brother George went through the Libyan campaign unscathed. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 June 2023 - ACCIDENTALY KILLED
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20835, 14 JULY 1942, PAGE 2
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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    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 3: WW2 132 AWMM

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29 June 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
23 September 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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