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Keith Howard Collins

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Gravestone of Flight Sergeant Keith Howard Collins, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland. Image kindly provided by John Forrest (April 2021).

Gravestone of Flight Sergeant Keith Howard Collins, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland. Image k …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Keith Howard AWMM
  • Surname
    Collins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    K. H. Collins AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 73100 AWMM
    • Vietnam G73100 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 October 1924 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Air Loadmaster/Military AWMM
  • Enlistment
    24 November 1949 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Also served in Malaya. Source: Gravestone. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 May 2014 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM Plot 37, Row 12A, Service Persons Ash Burial Area K AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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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
    • This record was created from the RNZAF Roll of Honour data kindly provided by Frank Guthrie. AWMM

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