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Robert Bruce Craigie

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Bruce AWMM
  • Surname
    Craigie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bob AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 74964 AWMM
    • Vietnam 74967 AWMM
    • L74967 Public - John - Researcher - 30 September 2023 - Military records
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 December 1926 AWMM Owaka, Otago AWMM
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    7 January 1952 AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • 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 as a Pilot in 41 Squadron during the Malayan Emergency. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 June 2014 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery Meadowbank AWMM Bedrock Memorials Plot 24 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 Jun 2014. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      p.140 AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM
    • Wingfield, D. (2021). More than just a number: 80344 Declined. Christchurch, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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30 September 2023JohnBlenheimResearcher

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