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Ronald Arthur Buchanan

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Buck Buchanan In Uniform

Ronald Arthur Buchanan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Buchanan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Buck Buchanan AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 38562 AWMM
    • Vietnam 38562 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 February 1941 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Christchurch New Zealand Public - Ian Banks - Friend - 3 May 2021 - research
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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

Embarkations

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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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  • Served at Terendak camp as well as Taiping. AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
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  • Cemetery
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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
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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03 May 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandFriend

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