DCM
Wounded in action, 22 June 1968 – shrapnel wounds in contact at YS523586. Read citation for DCM.
Enlisted in the NZ Army on 5 July 1967 and after training in New Zealand was posted for duty with the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment in Malaysia. On 13 May 1968, he arrived in South Vietnam with Victor Three Company for duty with the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC). He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry in action while Second in Command for a nine-man patrol in Vietnam, 22 June 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.
