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Enlisted as Private, RNZIR on 9 October 1964. Posted to 1RNZIR 23 March 1965 as rifleman. Served in Borneo with 1RNZIR and then posted to Vietnam with V2 Company on 12 Nov 1967 as machine gunner. Cited for his gallantry in two separate incidents 7 February 1968 and 5 April 1968. Completed his TOD in Vietnam and returned to 1RNZIR on 14 May 1968. Transferred to RNZASC as a driver on return to New Zealand. Took his discharge from the army in October 1969. Also served in the Territorial Forces and Auckland University Medical Corps until retirement in 1985.
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.