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Terence Gordon Burch

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  • Service number
    • Vietnam 42749 AWMM
    • 42749 Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Military Personal File
  • Also known as
    • T. G. Burch AWMM
    • Terry Burch Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Family
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Terence Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Burch AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • T. G. Burch AWMM
    • Terry Burch Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Family
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 42749 AWMM
    • 42749 Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Military Personal File
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Birth certificate
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Wairoa, Hawkes Bay Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Gisborne Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Military Records
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 42749 AWMM
    • 42749 Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Military Personal File
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Regular Force Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Military Records
    • Regular Force, Royal NZ Corps of Signals, NZ Army Public - Terence Gordon - Self - 15 March 2019 - Military Personal File
    • 22 years Army service retiring Nov 1988 as Warrant Officer Class One Public - Terence Gordon - Self - 15 March 2019 - Military Personal File
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • 31 August 1966 Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Military Records
    • August 1966 Public - Terence Gordon - Self - 15 March 2019 - Military Personal File
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    17 years 10 months Public - Terence Gordon - 15 March 2019 - Miliary Records

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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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served in Vietnam with HQ V Force, 1971. Completed 22 years service with the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals, retiring in 1988 as WO1.Vietnam War Oral History Project interviewee. Interview and transcript held at the Alexander Turnbull Library Oral History Centre in Wellington, New Zealand. Reference: OHInt-0959-51 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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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15 March 2019Terence GordonRAUMATI BEACH, 5032, PARAPARAUMUSelf

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