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Cenotaph record

Paul Barry Campion

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 42440 AWMM
  • Also known as
    P. B. Campion AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Paul Barry AWMM
  • Surname
    Campion AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    P. B. Campion AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 42440 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
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Civilian life

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Service

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 42440 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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  • Gunner Paul Barry Campion, RNZA served overseas in Vietnam with 161 Battery from 6 May 1969 to 10 September 1970, and again with 1NZATTV from 22 July 1972 to 22 December 1972. Between these two deployments, he was actually discharged (completion of engagement) and then re-enlisted on 8 June 1971.
    Campion was admitted to the 1st Australian Field Hospital in Vung Tau on 29 August 1970 after suffering blast trauma to left shoulder and ear in an APC mine incident and was discharged after his return to New Zealand in September 1970.


    He returned to New Zealand from his second tour in December 1972, and discharged on completion of his engagement. AWMM
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Death

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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

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