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James Douglas Deans Atherton

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Douglas Deans AWMM
  • Surname
    Atherton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 228386 AWMM
    • Vietnam 36706 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 November 1921 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM P.W.D., Temuka AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. I.E. Atherton, P.W.D., Temuka (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.7 Mechanic/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.7
    Timaru, Canterbury 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.7
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served in Vietnam

    Vietnam Certificate of Achievement. (1965). The United States Military Assistance Command Vietnam.

    Died in Christchurch and cremated. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 August 1972 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Just making a query as to whether James Douglas Deans Atherton, as mentioned in this entry, is the same person with the regimental number 36706 that serviced in Vietnam.
    I am compiling a Roll of Honor for those Royal New Zealand Engineers and wish to ensure that is memory is not forgotten.
    Public - BRUCE - 28 February 2021
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Sources

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  • External links
    VietnamWar.govt.nz Veteran's page
    http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/spr-jdd-atherton
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.7 AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) AWMM

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