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Ernest Arthur Bate

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Bate AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    E. A. Bate AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 347349 AWMM
    • Vietnam D34749 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 September 1938 BDM 2018/28186
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 347349 AWMM
    • Vietnam D34749 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    1949 AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • 1RNZIR Band 1967 – 1969. 1 RNZIR band visit to Vietnam 27 Oct to 2 Nov 1969.

    Flew into Vietnam 18.7.1974 with Sqn Ldr Holdaway - flight log - groundcrew. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 October 2018 BDM 2018/28186
    Whangarei, Northland BDM 2018/28186
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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
    • Wingfield, D. (2021). More than just a number: 80344 Declined. Christchurch, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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