Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Peter William Bonner Born 24 August 1943 - Died 2 February 1966 PDF Key details Service numberBorneo 474706 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankBorneo Private AWMM WarBorneo Confrontation, 1963-1966 AWMM Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait of Private Peter Bonner, 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Image kindly p … Copyright undetermined - untraced rights owner AWMM View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesPeter William AWMM SurnameBonner AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberBorneo 474706 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth24 August 1943 NZDF Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarBorneo Confrontation, 1963-1966 AWMM Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberBorneo 474706 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency Enlistment Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsBorneo Private Chamberlain Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR), 1st Battalion Chamberlain Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesAccidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankBorneo Private AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Peter joined the NZ Army after his National Service call up. He joined RNZIR and left for Malaysia October 1965. There is no record that Peter had compassionate leave. At the army camp in Terendak he had an accident on a motor bike. He died fairly instantly of head wounds. He was then buried in the Terendak service cemetery.'Peter was very popular amongst his comrades, he was described as a real hard case and good fun.Peter had some hardcase tattoos on his body his mates have a laugh about still.' Public source.The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) began repatriating the remains of personnel buried in Malaysia during 2018.This is part of project Te Auraki (The Return), under which the NZDF is bringing home personnel and dependants buried overseas after 1 January, 1955, following a change in Government policy. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death2 February 1966 NZDF Malaysia, Southeast Asia NZDF Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathAccidental Death AWMM Death notes CemeteryAnglican Cemetery, 17th Avenue and Grace Road, Tauranga AWMM Plot 19, Row 13, Section 27 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAuckland War Memorial Museum, Hall of Memories. Korea, Malaya-Borneo, Vietnam Memorial AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Peter William Bonner by laying a poppy. John Alexander Bonner John Edwin Bonner Peter William Bonner Raymond Bonner Raymond Bonner Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Peter William Bonner Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksTalisa Kupenga, 'Eight whānau sought to repatriate soldiers', Maori Television, 26 April 2017 http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/eight-whanau-sought-repatriate-soldiers Further Reference NZDF Begins Repatriation Mission in Malaysia http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/2018/nzdf-begins-repatriation-mission-in-malaysia.htm Further Reference DocumentsGurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing AWMM p.151 AWMM Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM p.359 AWMM H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 18 May-1 October 1965, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.151-156 AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
