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John Arthur Fisher

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 41473 AWMM
  • Also known as
    J. A. Fisher AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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photo taken before deployment October 1969

Lt JA Fisher W3 RNZIR

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Fisher AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    J. A. Fisher AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 41473 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 May 1943 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 41473 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, Vietnam AWMM
    Wounded 1970 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • OCS Portsea graduate June 1967. Pl Comd 3 Pl, W3. Wounded in action, 2 June 1970 – shrapnel wounds. Retired with rank of Col. Buried in Motueka Cemetery, RSA Block 2, Plot 102. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 November 2018 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Motueka, Tasman Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Memorial

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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

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