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Arthur John Hempstalk

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur John AWMM
  • Surname
    Hempstalk AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Jack AWMM
    • A. J. Hempstalk AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 71230 AWMM
    • NZ46709 AWMM
    • Y71230 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 February 1928 AWMM
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Senior Supplier/Military Public source
  • Enlistment
    26 April 1946 Public source
  • 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
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • RNZAF Movements Section, 1969. Source: Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

    Served 26 April 1946 to 7 April 1971. Comrade source. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 July 2020 Public source
    Katikati, Western Bay of Plenty Public source
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, Bay of Plenty Times, 18 July 2020 AWMM
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Memorials

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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
    • 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
    • Manning: No 14 Squadron [Malayan Emergency 14 Squadron Repatriation List]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADQA 17211 AIR1/755 (R21077359) AWMM
    • Wingfield, D. (2021). More than just a number: 80344 Declined. Christchurch, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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