Joined the New Zealand Army on 11 January 1963 as a Regular Force Cadet. Posted to 1 Bn Dept Burnham and then to 1RNZIR at Terendak in Malaysia. Served in Borneo (1966) as an Assault Pioneer under Rata Rewiri and Leo Duggan before going to Vietnam with Victor 1 Coy (The Originals). Took discharge in March 1968. Re-entered the military and completed another 25 years of assorted soldiering. This included further service in Vietnam with the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), December 1969 to October 1971.
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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.