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Gordon Curley

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Curley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • G. Curley AWMM
    • Gordon AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 33568 AWMM
    • Malaya 33568 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 March 1931 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Date of birth
  • 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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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
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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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  • Posted to 161 Bty 8.10.1967. RTNZ 13.10.1968. Sgt on no.3 gun. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 December 1992 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waiuku Cemetery, West Auckland AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • DAD. Served proudly in both NZ and Australian Armies.
    Combat Aust. Korea and Japan. NZ. Borneo-Malaya, Two tours Vietnam.
    So proud Dad. Always my Hero. Miss you like it was yesterday! Jo. SALUTE
    Public - Jo - Child - 10 December 2024
    Report 

Sources

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
    • Nominal Roll 2NZ Regiment 1959-1961. Kindly provided by Alan (Archie) Dawson February 2021. AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM
    • Black, E. A. (n.d.). N.Z. armed forces honours & awards : Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, 1950-1972. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence Headquarters. AWMM

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