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Evan Adair Black

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"Ex "Hackle Badger" Helicopter Emplaning Extercise July 1962", "from left: Pte R. Birkett (Int Sec), Capt T. Butson (Adjt), Cpl D Glandville (Medic), Pte E. A. Black (Int Sect)." 1st Battalion, New Zealand Regiment - Scrapbook regarding Terendak Camp, Malacca, Malaya, 1961 - 1963. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2010-26-198.

"Ex "Hackle Badger" Helicopter Emplaning Extercise July 1962", "from left: Pte R. Birkett (Int Sec), …

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    Evan Adair AWMM
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    Black AWMM
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    • Vietnam 39633 AWMM
    • Malaya 39633 AWMM
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  • Joined the New Zealand Army in 1960. Served in Malaya with 1RNZIR Intelligence Section. Returned to New Zealand in 1964 and worked as a cameraman with WNTV1 studio in the Avalon Television Centre, Wellington. Served in Vietnam as a photographer and Public Relations Officer, 1969-1970. Worked as Public Relations Officer in the New Zealand Army until 1986. AWMM

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Sources

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    • 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
    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • 1NZR Roll 1961-1963 - Bill Russell, Malayan Veterans Association Scrapbook – 40th Anniversary edition. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll 2NZ Regiment 1959-1961. Kindly provided by Alan (Archie) Dawson February 2021. AWMM

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