Jerry Tauri Barrett
I whānau mai i te 22 Apr 1942 - I mate atu i te 24 Nov 1969
- Nama Hōia
- Vietnam 209440 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Birth name was Herehere AWMM
- Joseph Tauri Barrett AWMM
- Jerry 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 Apr 1942 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
- OtorohangaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 September 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118087232/joseph-tauri-barrett
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Rora & Rangitaukiri BARRETTPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 September 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118087232/joseph-tauri-barrett
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
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- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- SinglePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 September 2026 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118087232/joseph-tauri-barrett
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 209440 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
27 Nov 2003 AWMM
Sapper Barrett's nephew, Mr Maurice Davis of Auckland, received the New Zealand Operational Service Medal on his behalf from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence at a presentation at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM - Vietnam Medal AWMM
- New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- Post WW2/Regular Military Service 1959 Ministry for Culture and Heritage Apprentice/Military Ministry for Culture and Heritage Royal New Zealand Engineers Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- 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 Sapper Ministry for Culture and Heritage 6th Royal Australian Regiment / New Zealand (ANZAC) Battalion, Victor 4 Company (1RNZIR) Ministry for Culture and Heritage Royal New Zealand Engineers 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
- 24 Nov 1969 AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Claymore mine explosion. Four man from V4 Company were on patrol, alongside an AVRN platoon, when they were ambushed. During the ensuing contact, Jerry was killed alongside Peter Rauhihi, with two others injured. AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Memorial Flag - Presented to family at Memorial service 25-26 November 1989.
Killed in action, 24 November 1969 – claymore mine explosion. Herehere (Jerry) was brought up in the Waitomo Caves area and was a member of the military cadets at school, attending camps at Waiouru and Papakura. He joined the Army at 17 and completed a plumbing apprenticeship with the Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers. Posted to Malaysia, he joined V4 Company in Vietnam on 8 May 1969. On 24 November 1969 he and three other members of V4 were on patrol with an ARVN platoon when they were ambushed. In the ensuing contact, Jerry was killed and Peter Rauhihi mortally wounded. Two other New Zealanders – Ray Davidson and Patrick Smith – were wounded. Buried at Te Kuiti Marae urupa 10.12.1969 AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 24 Nov 1969 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Age 27 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
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- urupa, Te Kuiti Marae, Te Kuiti, King Country, New Zealand AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, Hall of Memories. Vietnam. AWMM
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War. New Zealand History online website.
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
Further Reference - New Zealand History online. New Zealand and the Vietnam War.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/vietnam-war
Further Reference - Australia's Vietnam War
https://web.archive.org/web/20241003003021/https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
Further Reference
- Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War. New Zealand History online website.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co.
- McGibbon, I.C. (2010). New Zealand's Vietnam War: a history of combat, commitment and controversy. Auckland, N.Z.: Exisle
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