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Brent Buchan

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 844398 AWMM
  • Also known as
    B. Buchan AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Brent AWMM
  • Surname
    Buchan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    B. Buchan AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 844398 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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  • Hapū
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Civilian life

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  • Birth
    28 May 1946 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Service

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 844398 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Died in Dunedin. Posted to 161 Bty 15.9.1967 and RTNZ 14.7.1968. Completed a second TOD 1970/71. Qualifies for Australian UCG for FSB Coral and Balmoral. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 June 2011 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • 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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