Ronald
Henry
Plank
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas William Plank
and Effie (Smith) Plank
Brother of
Gladys (Plank) Harris, Cecil Thomas Plank, Mavis Annie (Plank) Fraser, Clarence William Plank, Phillis Ephemia Plank, Freda Plank, Hazel Effie (Plank) Brown, Una Dorothy (Plank) Humphrey and Ethel Constance (Plank) Robinson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 28
in Western Desert, Egypt
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Sep 2022
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Biography
Ronald was born in 1914. He is the son of Thomas Plank and Effie Smith.
Sources
- NZ BDM birth registration no. 1914/15472 Plank Ronald Henry, Effie & Thomas William
- Roll of Honour, New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24346, 7 August 1942, Page 1, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19420807.2.2
- Auckland Museum online cenotaph https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C30856
- "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKYR-TPSD : 9 March 2021), Ronald Henry Plank, 1942; citing , Wellington Probate Files [Second Sequence], 1843-1939, record number 7897, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 101350731.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55971795/ronald-henry-plank: accessed 08 September 2022), memorial page for Pvt Ronald Henry Plank (unknown–22 Jul 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55971795, citing El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ronald:
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