Francis Toko
I whānau mai i te 22 Dec 1939 - I mate atu i te 24 Apr 2017
- Nama Hōia
- Vietnam 350915 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Frank AWMM
- Frank Toko AWMM
- Francis AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Pakanga
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 22 Dec 1939 AWMM
- 22 Dec 1939 Public Source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- 22 December 1939Public - Gerrie - Child - 24 April 2018 - Birth Certificate
- Wāhi Whānau
- Te Kopuru, KaiparaPublic - Gerrie - Child - 24 April 2018 - Birth Certificate
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
- Prison Officer/Civilian AWMM
Retired in 2006. AWMM - Uri kiritahi
- Wife - Leila Toko (nee Kesha)Public - Gerrie - Child - 24 April 2018 - Family Knowledge
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- MarriedPublic - Gerrie - Child - 24 April 2018 - Family Knowledge
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- Vietnam 350915 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM
- Vietnam Medal AWMM
- South Vietnamese Presidential Unit Citation in the Colour of the Cross of Gallantry with Palm AWMM
- New Zealand General Service Medal (Warlike) with Vietnam Clasp
New Zealand Defence Service Medal
NZ Prison Service Long Service & Good Conduct Medal with three claspsPublic - Gerrie - Child - 10 March 2026 - Military records, Medal bar sighted
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
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- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- Vietnam Lance Bombardier/Military Ministry for Culture and Heritage Royal New Zealand Artillery, 161 Battery AWMM 1st Australian Task Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Served in 161 Bty 1965/66. Died at his home in Henderson and his coffin was paraded at the Auckland Anzac Day Dawn Service before being laid to rest at his family urapa in Kaihau. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 24 Apr 2017 AWMM
Age 77 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Kaihu AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Toko, Francis (Frank). Born December 22, 1939. Passed away on April 24, 2017. Vietnam Veteran Reg 350915, 161 Battery. Francis will be lying in state at his home 17 Wychwood Avenue, Henderson. A service will be held at the Pt Chevalier RSA 10.30 am, Wednesday 26th April after which Francis will travel to Kaihu and laid to rest Friday 28th April. All communications to Lorraine 027-314-8855. Herald, Thursday 27 April, 2017. AWMM
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- New Zealand's Vietnam War Veterans. Personal page
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/lbdr-f-toko
Sources Used - Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War. New Zealand History online website.
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
Further Reference - Australia's Vietnam War
https://web.archive.org/web/20241003003021/https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
Further Reference - Last Post, The Royal New Zealand Artillery
http://www.rnzaa.org.nz/article-last-post-350915-francis-frank-toko-rnza-161-bty-south-vietnam-6566
Further Reference - Preston, N. (25 April 2017). "Vietnam War veteran Francis Toko attends last dawn parade in casket". New Zealand Herald.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11844748
Further Reference
- New Zealand's Vietnam War Veterans. Personal page
- Ngā tuhinga
- Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co.
- Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books.
- This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- The New Zealand Herald
Death Notice, 26-29th April 2017 - Black, E. A. (n.d.). N.Z. armed forces honours & awards : Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, 1950-1972. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence Headquarters.
- McGibbon, I.C. (2010). New Zealand's Vietnam War: a history of combat, commitment and controversy. Auckland, N.Z.: Exisle
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