Gnr Whaka Poumahara Poutapu

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Surname
Poutapu
First name(s)
Whaka Poumahara
Also known as
Pou
Rank
Gnr
Corps
RNZA
Service number
478041
Unit
Honours & Awards

Unit Citation for Gallantry (Australia)

Date of Birth
Date of death
Place of burial
Taupiri urupā, Mount Taupiri
Notes

Was recruited into RNZAC, but  transferred to RNZA to go to Vietnam. Posted to 161 Battery on 5 March 1968. Served on No. 2 gun at FSB Coral. RTNZ on 10 March 1969. Died in Ngāruawāhia.

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.