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Graeme James Wharton Goldsmith

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Graeme James Wharton AWMM
  • Surname
    Goldsmith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    G. J. W. Goldsmith AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 80861 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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Service

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    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 80861 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Biographical information

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  • Served in RNZAF 1962-1998. Retired as Air Commodore. Attached to the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron (20th TASS), USAF. Service in Vietnam: arrived Saigon, 10 August 1971; served Cam Rahn Bay (12 August 1971), Chu Lai (15 August 1971), Phan Rang (15 September 1971), and Da Nang (10 October 1971–6 February 1972); returned to New Zealand, via Saigon and Singapore, 20 February 1972. AWMM

Death

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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

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