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Charles Alexander Fitzgerald Ransfield Cooke

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Alexander Fitzgerald Ransfield AWMM
  • Surname
    Cooke AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    C. A. Cooke AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 80994 AWMM
    • M80994 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 March 1940 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 80994 AWMM
    • M80994 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Assessment and Selection/Military AWMM
  • Enlistment
    1962 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
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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 41 SQN 1971 and on Vietnam list. Was a F/S Clerk Accounts.

    He was the husband of Betty, and the father of Sean, Caitlin, Breharna, Chritine, Suzanne, and Eric, and the stepfather of John. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 October 2013 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Age 73 AWMM
    Whangarei, Northland Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Cremated and maybe held at Mangawhai AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 October 2013 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
    • Manning - Adjustments to Strengths - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Bases and Units - 41 Squadron [Malayan Emergency 41 Squadron Repatriation and Misc List], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ABFK 7281 W4266/211 (R20220125) AWMM

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