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Brian David Chippindale

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Brian David AWMM
  • Surname
    Chippindale AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    B. D. Chippindale AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 822606 AWMM
    • Malaya 822606 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 March 1936 BDM 2024/3051
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  • Address before enlistment
    Malaya Runanga AWMM
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Biographical information

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  • Read citation for Bronze Star with V Device. Served with V1 for four months, then Officer Commanding NZ Component while V2 tour was underway. Attached to US Armd Car Regt for approx 6 weeks then RTNZ. Took up post as CI School of Armour on RTNZ in May 68.

    Photo of Capt B.D. Chippindale in The Officers, 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Terendak Camp, Malaya 1966-67). Source: The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Journal (1983) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    25 January 2024 BDM 2024/3051
    Age 87 AWMM
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Sources

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  • 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
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 2 1962-1963- Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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