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Ambrose Gluyas Banfield

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ambrose Gluyas AWMM
  • Surname
    Banfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    37303 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1914 AWMM
  • Date of birth
    8 March 1914 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Essic Kenric Banfield and Janet Hislop Banfield Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM c/o Mrs W.F. Cederwell, Rutene Rd, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr E.K. Banfield (father), West Belt, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    37303 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Member of the New Zealand Alpine Club:

      "As a Scout leader, [Ambrose Banfield] took the boys under his charge tramping over the local foothills. Some of the local trampers, including Arch and Bob Logan, together with Ambrose started the Rangiora Tramping Club. On weekends they romped over Mounts Grey, Karetu, Thomas, Blowhard and Oxford.

      Later when Ambrose joined the Canterbury Mountaineering Club he climbed Mount Rolleston with Syd Brookes. Much of his early climbing was done with the Logan brothers and Arthur (Shorty) Lees.

      When war was declared in 1939 he served in the artillery as an anti-tank gunner. Ambrose was wounded in action in North Africa, and after leaving hospital he earned his commission in the field returning as a lieutenant after five years of active service."

      (from the New Zealand Alpine Journal, 1997) AWMM
    • N.Z. CASUALTIES - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20856, 7 AUGUST 1942, PAGE 2
      Advice has been received that L/Sergeant Ambrose G. Banfield, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, formerly of the office staff of the Poverty Bay Electric Power Board, has been wounded in the recent fighting in the" Middle East Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 October 2023 - N.Z. CASUALTIES GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20856, 7 AUGUST 1942, PAGE 2
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1997 AWMM
  • Date of death
    Sep 5 1997 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Ambrose-Banfield/6000000007243817473
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Christchurch Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2023 - https://www.geni.com/people/Ambrose-Banfield/6000000007243817473
  • Cause of death
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  • Advice has been received that L/Sergeant Ambrose G. Banfield, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, formerly of the office staff of the Poverty Bay Electric Power Board, has been wounded in the recent fighting in the Middle East.
    REF: GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20856, 7 AUGUST 1942, PAGE 2
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2023
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Sources

Sources

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    • New Zealand Alpine journal AWMM
      The New Zealand Alpine Journal, 1997 (includes photograph) AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.20 AWMM

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10 October 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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