Ronald Tinker

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|name= Ronald Arthur Tinker

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|birth_date= {{birth date|1913|04|13|df=yes}}

|death_date= {{Death date and age|1982|02|16|1913|04|13|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Christchurch, New Zealand

|death_place= Christchurch, New Zealand

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|allegiance= {{flag|New Zealand}}

|branch= New Zealand Military Forces

|serviceyears= 1939–1945
1947–1962

|rank= Lieutenant Colonel

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|unit= Long Range Desert Group (1940–45)

|commands= 1st Battalion, Fiji Infantry Regiment

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• Second World War
• North African Campaign
• Tunisia Campaign
• Dodecanese Campaign
• Italian Campaign
• Albanian resistance
• Malayan Emergency

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|awards= Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Military Medal
Mentioned in Despatches

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Ronald Arthur Tinker {{postnominals|country=NZL|size=100%|sep=,|OBE|MC|MM}} (13 April 1913 – 16 February 1982) was a notable New Zealand musterer, military leader, scientific administrator and sales agent. He was born in Christchurch, North Canterbury in 1913.{{DNZB|title=Ronald Arthur Tinker|first= Paul|last= Goldstone|id=5t14|accessdate=23 April 2017}}