LCpl Robert Arthur Davies

Surname
Davies
First name(s)
Robert Arthur
Rank
LCpl
Corps
RNZIR
Service number
40717
Unit
Notes

Wounded in action, 30 January 1969 – shrapnel wound to face in contact. 

Inaugural Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of the New Zealand Army Officer Cadet School (OCS). Awarded Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1989. Retired as Sergeant Major of the New Zealand Army in 1995. Awarded the New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal (MSM).

The Geoffrey Davies Memorial Prize at Victoria University in Wellington was established in memory of Bob and Kathleen Davies infant son whose death has been associated to the toxic environment which his father was exposed to in Vietnam.

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.