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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Raymond Anthony Hawthorne |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Raymond Anthony |
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| Surname: |
Hawthorne |
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| War: |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
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| Serial No.: |
421742 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Date of Birth: |
4 June 1948 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Enlistment Date: |
February 1967 |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1 Battalion (1RNZIR), Whiskey 2 Company |
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| Military Training: |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1 Battalion (1RNZIR), Whiskey 2 Company |
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| Place of Death: |
New Zealand |
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| Date of Death: |
4 August 1969 |
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| Age at Death: |
21 |
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| Year of Death: |
1969 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Papakura Public Cemetery, Great South Road and Settlement Road, Papakura, New Zealand |
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| Grave Reference: |
RSA Section; Row L, Plot 37 |
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| Memorial Name: |
Papakura - Karaka War Memorial, Great South Road, Papakura, New Zealand |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Attended Drury, Papakura East, Murrays Bay and Mt Roskill Grammar Schools. A keen sportsman, he also enjoyed carving as a hobby.
- Two tours Vietnam.
- Died of Wounds - Enemy mine
- Interred Papakura cemetery 20 August 1969.
- Memorial Flag - Association retained.
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| Description of Image: |
- Headstone, Papakura Public Cemetery (photo John Halpin 2010)
- Papakura-Karaka War Memorial View 3 (photo John Halpin 2010)
- Papakura-Karaka War Memorial, Names (photo John Halpin 2010)
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| Further References: |
- News Advertiser 26 August 1969, p3
- Papakura Cemetery -Papakura Branch New Zealand Society of Genealogists.
- New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association Inc
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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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