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Geoffrey Halbert Pere

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  • Service number
    Malaya 39621 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Geoff AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Malaya, 1960-1964 AWMM
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C COY 1NZ REGT: MALAYA 1963. (Left to Right) Front Row (seated): Pte K. A. Thomas, H. R. Munro, H. R. O'Brien, P. Matoe, E. H. Lewis, J. Henderson, R. P. Wilson, R. L. Murray, . Second Row from Front (seated): Lcpl L. G. Smaller, Lcpl B. Jones, Lcpl D. E. Beacham, Sgt M. J. Helyer, Sgt H. J. Hyndman, 2Lt T. D. Brosnahan, Lt K. D. Bell, WO2 A. G. McNearnie, Maj I. B. Bennett, Capt P. J. Burtt, 2Lt D. A. Dawe, Sgt R. P. Shaw, Sgt L. G. Shuker, Cpl R. T. Potatau, Lcpl C. G. Adams, Cpl R. W. G. Bennett . Third Row from Front: Pre P. V. Pattern, J. T. K Cowan, K. B. Bird, D. C. Holloway, Lcpl W. G. W Williams, Pte J. Kerapa, B. P. Longley, I. G. Livingstone, D. S. Allan, W. G. Bilton, Lcpl M. Raihania, Pte A. F. Lindores, W. S. Vautier, N. V. Pettit, G. L. Henderson, J. E. Leafberg, M. H. Chapman, M. G. Ryan, D. K. P. Kingi . Fourth row from front: Pte K. A. Udy, O. J. Bell, I. L. Cootes, L. V. Ryan, P. H. Patrick, T. C. P. Tikao, R. Tai, A. E. Marshall, D. Te Puni, Lcpl H. K. Hingston, Cpl T. Waretini, Lcpl J. J. Cootes, Pte M. T. Whakataka, Lcpl M. R. Sutton, Pte H. D. Hirini, D. G. Mune, T. I. Scott, B. P. Fairey, H. F. Prendergast Pte P. M. J. Paul, J. M. P. Hudson, C. C. Dunn, G. F. Titeridge, F. C. Olson, E. T. Tau, G. W. Christall, L. J. Horne, P. Tau, S. P. Tamehana, E. B. Ormsby, R. Tau, H. T. Harrison, A. T. Namana, Lcpl T. D. Moore, Pte G. K. Barron, P. R. Braithwaite, R. W. Sleeman . Back Row: Pte R. L. Keyte, R. Gardiner, P. S. Hopkins, A. R. Thompson, R. Cooney, B. M. Shaw, F. G. Gilmer, L. A. Knapp, K. Witana, G. H. Pere, N. T. Murphy, M. J. Herlihi, D. P. Kahu, A. L. Jones, K. Keelan, H. Subritzky, P. Parai, H. Kapa, V. C. Butler, H. T. Hooper. Image kindly provided by Bill Russell, Vice President of the Malayan Veterans Association (December 2020).

C COY 1NZ REGT: MALAYA 1963. (Left to Right) Front Row (seated): Pte K. A. Thomas, H. R. Munro, H. …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Geoffrey Halbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Pere AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Geoff AWMM
  • Service number
    Malaya 39621 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
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  • Birth
    24 June 1938 BDM 2022/35839
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  • War
    Malaya, 1960-1964 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Malaya 39621 AWMM
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  • Death
    8 November 2022 BDM 2022/35839
    Age 84 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury BDM 2022/35839
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    PERE, Geoffrey Halbert (aka Geoff or Butch). On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at Aldwins House, Christchurch, surrounded by his loving family, aged 84 years. Dearly loved father and father-in- law of Reihana; Janine and Chris Bayley; Verne and Eva (Perth); James and Yuka (Tokyo); Joshua and Rhys (Newcastle, NSW); and Shea. Loved grandfather of Kahu, Aroha, Jai, Ashen, and LeBron; Oliver, and Sierra; Janelle, Amelie, Carl; and Koryn. Special thanks to the team at Aldwins House for their wonderful care of Geoff.

    Published by Hawke's Bay Today on Nov. 10, 2022. AWMM
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