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Māori

Brian Rangi Carr

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Brian Rangi AWMM
  • Surname
    Carr AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Truck AWMM
    • B. R. Carr AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 40147 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 November 1942 AWMM
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Service

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Military decorations

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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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  • Brother of Gunner Paul Kimiora Carr 602254.

    Brian Rangi Carr served with 161 Battery 8.10.1967 to 13.10.1968 as a driver op. He qualifies for the Australian UCG. This TOD followed a TOD with 1 RNZIR 1963/65 in the Anti Tank Pl. His brother Paul (Truck) also served with 161 Battery in Vietnam. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 November 1995 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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    Hawera Cemetery, Hawera AWMM
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  • Brian also served in Vietnam

    Brian Rangi Carr also known as Truck
    Rank: Bombadier
    Corps: RNZIR
    Unit: 161 Bty
    Honors & Awards:
    Unit Citation for Gallantry

    Brian Rangi Carr served with 161 Battery RNZA in Vietnam, 1967. His brother Paul also served with the battery in Vietnam
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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
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing AWMM
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