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Ronald Gavin Knight

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Gavin AWMM
  • Surname
    Knight AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • Malaya A76797 AWMM
    • Vietnam 76797 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 January 1936 Births, Deaths and Marriages
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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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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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  • Served in 41 Sqn 1964-66. Flew to Vietnam with Parliamentary party - 10.4. 1965- Ubon to Saigon. 11.4.65 Saigon to Qui Nhon to Saigon. 13.4.65 Saigon to Jesselton (Borneo). No medals awarded to date without verification.

    Ground Crew AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 June 2017 RSA Review
    Age 81 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury RSA Review
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Sources

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  • 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
    • The Last Post in RSA Review, Vol 94. No 1, Autumn 2018 AWMM
    • Wingfield, D. (2021). More than just a number: 80344 Declined. Christchurch, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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