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Robert Archibald Ward

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Archibald AWMM
  • Surname
    Ward AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Robert Archibald Evans AWMM
    • Bob Ward AWMM
    • Bob Evans AWMM
  • Service number
    3086 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Colac, Victoria AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 19 September 1939 AWMM C/o Tuck Brothers, Oruanui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Bushman/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J.E. Ward (mother), Wellesley Street, Coburg, Melbourne, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1941 Crete AWMM
    • Greece AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    3086 AWMM
  • Military service
    Melbourne Citizens' Force (3 years) AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 19 September 1939 AWMM
    Age 34 AWMM
    Bushman/Civilian AWMM
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty 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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Cerebral Haemorrhage AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • After the war he lived in both Australia and New Zealand working as a bushman

    Date of birth 5 January 1904 or 1905

    18 Battalion, 12 Platoon member of the Bodyguard for the King of the Hellenes. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 December 1964 AWMM
    Age 59 AWMM
    Waikaremoana, Urewera National Park AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wairoa Cemetery, Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Lawn Cemetery AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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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 190 AWMM
    • Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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