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Ernest Oswald Ledingham

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Portrait, WW2, standing, hat, Ernest Oswald Ledingham, 1929 Waverley - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, WW2, standing, hat, Ernest Oswald Ledingham, 1929 Waverley - This image may be subject to …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Oswald AWMM
  • Surname
    Ledingham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    499275 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 March 1910 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 22 Lismore Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.R. Ledingham (wife), 22 Lismore Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
    • Solomon Islands Campaign AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    499275 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ernest Ledingham was the son of Alexander Robert Ledingham and Jessie Elizabeth Ledingham (nee Harwood).

    He married Emma Ruth Klitscher (1910-1985) on 31 March 1937 at Marton.

    He served in the Solomon Islands during the Pacific Campaign. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    2 October 1999 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Awanui Cemetery, Awanui Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM Block 16, Plot 219 AWMM
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Memorial

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