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Gary Eric Vickers

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Gravestone of Colonel Gary Eric Vickers, Awa Tapu Cemetery, Paraparaumu, Kapiti Coast, Wellington. Image courtesy of Kapiti Coast District Council (2021).

Gravestone of Colonel Gary Eric Vickers, Awa Tapu Cemetery, Paraparaumu, Kapiti Coast, Wellington. I …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gary Eric AWMM
  • Surname
    Vickers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • G. E. Vickers AWMM
    • Garry AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 37151 AWMM
    • Borneo 37151 AWMM
    • G37151 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Jenny; father of Brent, Tracey, Karen, Harley, Julie

    Posted to Active Service - Malaysia May 1964

    Malaysia RFCadet Shuttleworth Class 1955-56

    Photo of Lt G.E. Vickers in The Officers, 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Terendak Camp, Malaya 1965). Source: The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Journal (1983) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 October 2010 Death Notice
    Age 72 AWMM
    Death Notice
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Awa Tapu Cemetery, Valley Road, Paraparaumu AWMM Plot 7, Row SBC, RSA Y, Servicemen's Burial Beam AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 6 October 2010 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information kindly provided by the New Zealand Malaya Veterans Association. AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing AWMM
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll 2NZ Regiment 1959-1961. Kindly provided by Alan (Archie) Dawson February 2021. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Malayan Veterans Assn. (2004-). Selamat : Newsletter of the Malayan Veterans' Association Inc. AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM

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