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William George Ashford

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 42775 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Bill AWMM
    • W. G. Ashford AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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W.G. Ashford

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William George AWMM
  • Surname
    Ashford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Bill AWMM
    • W. G. Ashford AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 42775 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 June 1948 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Later corps change to RNZE. Died in Whanganui. Buried at Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui. Block C8, Plot 508 RSA Lawn. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    9 January 2008 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Age 59 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui AWMM Plot 508, R.S.A. Lawn/C/8 AWMM
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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

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