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Cenotaph record

Denis Rodney Chaney

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Denis Rodney AWMM
  • Surname
    Chaney AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    D. R. Chaney AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 79527 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

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    15 October 1941 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Service

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 79527 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • 9 flights into Vietnam with 41 Sqn as Tech support crew member. Watson 2.5.1972, 22.5.1972, 24.7.1972, 26.4.1973, Helem 13.12.1972, 18.12.1972, 18.1.1973, 1.2.1973. Skilling, 5.7.1973.

    See 7 recorded in Unit Histories - 1/2/72, 10/2/72, 28/2/72, 21/3/72, 12/6/72, 3/7/72, 29/8/72. Also see 9 recorded in log books: Watson 2/5/72, 22/5/72, 24/7/72, 26/4/73. Helem 13/12/72, 18/12/72, 18/1/ 73, 1/2/73. Skilling 5/7/73. AWMM

Death

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