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Arthur Lawrence Burton

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Sgt Arthur Burton, October 1969 W3 RNZIR

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Lawrence AWMM
  • Surname
    Burton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    A. L. Burton AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam Q35388 AWMM
    • Vietnam 35388 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 June 1935 AWMM
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  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 6RAR History shows posted to Spt Coy as Aslt Pnr Pl Sgt. Died in Queensland, Australia. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 September 2015 AWMM
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Mount Wesley Cemetery, Dargaville, Northland, New Zealand AWMM Plot 468 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 September 2015 AWMM
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  • No record of Malayan Emergency service with Morrison Battalion (57/59) or Aitken Battalion (59/61).
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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
    • 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

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06 September 2018Bruce Murray Lincoln, SelwynComrade

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