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Victor Doughty Colson

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Victor Doughty AWMM
  • Surname
    Colson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • V. D. Colson AWMM
    • Vic AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 592041 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 December 1931 Death Notice
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Service

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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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Served in the Territorial Force in 2 Field Regiment before transferring to Regular Force in the early 1960s. He then served with 161 Battery in SVN as Gun Sergeant, No 4 Gun, in the original Battery 1965/66, attached 173 Airborne Bde (Sep). Source: Brian Meyer, Last Post. AWMM
    • DOB; 22 December 1931 Public - Stoney - Comrade - 13 July 2020 - NZ Herald 13 July 2020
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Death

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  • Death
    9 July 2020 Death Notice
    Kumeu, Auckland Death Notice
  • Date of death
    9 July 2020 Public - Stoney - Comrade - 13 July 2020 - Death notice NZ Herald 13 July 2020
  • Age at death
    89 Public - Stoney - Comrade - 13 July 2020 - Death notice NZ Herald 13 July 2020
  • Place of death
    Kumeu Village Aged Care Public - Stoney - Comrade - 13 July 2020 - Death notice NZ Herald 13 July 2020
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12-14 July 2020 AWMM
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Sources

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    • 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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