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Ian George Papps

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ian George AWMM
  • Surname
    Papps AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Vietnam 78828 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 October 1939 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 78828 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Flew into Vietnam 4 times- incl 26.4.1972- source unit history sheet

    See Unit Histories 26/4/72, 27/4/72, 10/5/72, 31/10/72 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 May 2023 AWMM
    AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
    PAPPS, Ian George:
    (RNZAF NZ78828). Of Porirua. Passed peacefully at Wellington Hospital on 26 May 2023. Loved husband of Isabella for 43 years. Loving father of Peter, Katherine, Caroline, and the late Michael. Grandfather of Brayden, Dakota, Eden and Giovanni.

    Published by The Post on May 29, 2023. AWMM
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