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Brian Thomas Farrell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Brian Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Farrell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 78159 AWMM
    • F78159 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 June 1938 AWMM Whangarei, Northland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Malaya Cliff Street Onerahi AWMM
  • 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
    • 78159 AWMM
    • F78159 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Malaya 5 January 1956 AWMM Surveyor chainman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
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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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  • Carried out maintenance on Bristol 170 Freighter transports with No. 41 Squadron RNZAF at Changi and Tengah Air Base in Singapore. Attached to 9 Squadron RAAF at Vung Tau for a short period in 1971 working on UH-1H helicopters with Sgt Gaston.

    Other units, squadrons or ships served with: 42 Sqdn, 75 Sqdn, 3 Sqdn, 41 Sqdn, 1Sqdn.

    Later worked as a MOT Civil Aviation Regional Airworthiness Superintendant, CAA Rules Project Specialist. AWMM

Death

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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
    • 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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