Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Ronald Vaudrey Born 23 April 1913 - Died 4 August 1992 PDF Key details Service number12367 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW2 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 26 Battalion, B Company AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesRonald AWMM SurnameVaudrey AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number12367 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionAnglican, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth23 April 1913 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 25 December 1939 AWMM Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationFarmer/Civilian AWMM Factory hand/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs Margaret Vaudrey (wife), Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 27 August 1940 AWMM Married AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number12367 AWMM Military serviceCadets (1 year) AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards1939-1945 Star AWMM Africa Star AWMM War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 25 December 1939 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM Morrinsville, Waikato AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Orcades AWMM Private AWMM 26 Infantry Battalion AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture detailsWW2 POW - PG 107, Torviscosa, Udine, Italy AWMM Sidi Rezegh, Western Desert AWMM 13 Dec 1941-Apr 1945 AWMM WW2 POW - Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany AWMM WW2 POW - Stalag IV-D, Torgau, Germany AWMM WW2 13 December 1941 AWMM WW2 POW - Stalag IV-D, Torgau, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945. 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945. WW2 POW - PG 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List Days interned Liberation date Liberation RepatriationWW2 1 April 1945 AWMM POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHeight, Unknown Period AWMM 5 feet 6 1/2 inches AWMM Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM Cancer AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 24 October 1945 AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 26 Battalion, B Company AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Immigrated to New Zealand with his parents and three siblings (two brothers and one sister), arriving in Wellington in early February 1921.The family moved to Auckland where he received most of his schooling. He left just before his 14th birthday.From 1927 to 1938, he worked on farms in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato.While working in Tatanui, he met and married Margaret Scott Burberry on 14 October 1939.With the outbreak of war in September 1939, he enlisted at Morrinsville and left with the 26th Battalion in August 1940.While on a three-week layover in Bombay, India, he received word on the birth of his daughter, Margaret.After further training in Egypt, he left with the Battalion for Greece where, after a disastrous campaign, he was evacuated back to Egypt aboard HMT Isis.Was captured and taken prisoner in Libya on 30 November 1941, after German tanks overran his position, and then shipped from Tripoli to Naples, Italy, in late December, eventually ending up in a working camp (Camp 107) in northern Italy.He escaped but was recaptured by the Germans, after having spent three months in the snow-covered high country while trying to rejoin the allied forces to the south in Rome. Was sent to Amsdorf, a working camp in Germany.Was liberated by the American Texas Rangers in April, and shipped to Chelmsford, England, arriving on his 32nd birthday.After repatriation to New Zealand, he worked for D.C. Street Construction Company, rebuilding the Waitoa Dairy factory. On its completion he went farming and remained in the Waitoa district until 1961, when he and his family to Manurewa, Auckland, where he worked for Marley Company until his retirement in 1974.He and his wife retired in Cambridge, eventually settling in Lemington.The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection (MS 2005/6) holds material (letters, printed ephemera, certificates) relating to Vaudrey's wartime service. The museum's history department holds his KEV and POW Association life membership pins. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death4 August 1992 AWMM Age 79 AWMM Cambridge, Waikato AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathDied of Disease AWMM Death notes CemeteryHautapu Cemetery, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Ronald Vaudrey by laying a poppy. T. J. Vati Alan Douglas Vaudrey Ronald Vaudrey Albert Vaughan Alton Edward Vaughan Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Ronald Vaudrey Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Papers relating to war service of Ronald Vaudrey Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives 2005/6 List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2009-8 Sources Sources Contribute › External links DocumentsVaudrey, Ian David. Papers relating to war service of Ronald Vaudrey, 1940-1992. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2005/6. AWMM List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM 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 p.487 AWMM Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. 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