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John Bruce Hedley

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WO John Bruce Hedley

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Bruce AWMM
  • Surname
    Hedley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    J. B. Hedley AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 896008 AWMM
    • Vietnam 896008 AWMM
    • W896008 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 November 1931 AWMM
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Died in Christchurch. Buried in Shands Road Cemetery, Prebbleton, Christchurch. Served in Vietnam as CSM W2, later served again in 1RNZIR as SWI 1974/76. Retired as a WO1.

    Photo of SSgt J.B.L. Hedley in 1st Battalion New Zealand Infantry Regiment, WOs & SGTs (Terendak Camp, Malaysia 1964)

    Photo of Sgt J.B. Hedley in The Warrant Officers & Senior NCOs, 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Nyasa Camp, Malaya 1958) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 June 2013 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Age 81 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
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    Shands Road Cemetery, Canterbury AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: The Press, 24 June 2013 AWMM
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  • W896008 John Bruce (Deadley) HEDLEY [MV, W2-CSM] (SWI 74/76) 17 June 2013 aged 81. Cremated & buried at Shands Road Cemetery, 698 Shands Road, Prebbleton, Christchurch 7676. Block; Ash Beam 2, Block, 21. [-43.57852, 172.48779] LEST WE FORGET
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Sources

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    • 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
    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Malayan Veterans Assn. (2004-). Selamat : Newsletter of the Malayan Veterans' Association Inc. AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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