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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Rawhiti Hoera Brown |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Sapper |
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| Forename(s): |
Rawhiti Hoera |
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| Surname: |
Brown |
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| Also Known As: |
Raff Brown |
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| War: |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
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| Serial No.: |
41708 |
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| Date of Birth: |
26 September 1941 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Royal New Zealand Engineers Whiskey 2 |
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| Place of Death: |
1 Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam |
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| Date of Death: |
12 August 1969 |
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| Age at Death: |
27 |
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| Year of Death: |
1969 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Buried at Gisborne
- Killed in action - sustained shrapnel wounds to his head and body in enemy mine explosion
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| Description of Image: |
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories. Vietnam Panels names: Vietnam Names Awatere - Don
- Hall of Memories WW2, Auckland War Memorial Museum, looking East (taken in April 1999).
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| Further References: |
- New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association Inc., The Vietnam Scrapbook : 'The Second ANZAC Adventure'.
- Subritsky, M. (Compiler). (1995). p. 62, 63 details of the fatal attack
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| Sources Used: |
Subritsky, M. (Compiler). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: "The second ANZAC adventure". Papakura, Three Feathers Publishing Co. |
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