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Cenotaph record

Douglas Bennie

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Bennie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 78027 AWMM
    • Vietnam M78027 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 October 1917 Cemetery Records Scotland, United Kingdom Cemetery Records
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Blenheim AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

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
    Airframe fitter/Civilian AWMM
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Not identified yet - Flew into Vietnam 16.8.1965 - Unit History record

    Ground Crew AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    2 January 1981 Cemetery Records
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Fairhall Cemetery Blenheim Marlborough New Zealand AWMM Block 1, Row 5, Plot 33 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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
    • This record has been created from information sourced from ‘Scotty’s List’ the Forgotten Airmen of the Vietnam War (2020). AWMM

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