Unit Citation for Gallantry (Australia)
Posted to Vietnam in 161 Battery 15 September 1967. Employed initially as gun number, then changed to driver. Died on active service at Nui Dat base. Also served in Borneo with 1RNZIR. NZ Memorial Cross awarded to family. He was initially RNZIR and completed a Corps change to RNZA while in Vietnam. Qualified for the Australian Unit Citation for Gallantry for his service in FSB Coral and Balmoral as a Driver Operator. Buried in Hokitika, Westland on 20 July 1968.
Disclaimer
The Vietnam List is an updated version of New Zealand's original Vietnam nominal roll – the Flinkenberg List – compiled by Captain Con Flinkenberg in 1972. Name, rank and unit information are from New Zealand military pay records. Read more about the Vietnam List.
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Noel Lyes son of Hokitika.
Noel you are forever in our hearts...you will always be remembered brother. Arohanui, Rex and Rose Matthews, Hokitika. xx