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Te Hira Wati Heremaia

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 38481 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Te Hira W. AWMM
    • Te Hira Wati Heremaia AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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Image taken by Lance Corporal Te Hira Wati Heremaia (38481) during active service in the Vietnam War c.1960s. Part of a collection of 150 slides kindly provided by whānau for scanning. © Heremia Whānau (Heremaia-VTM150).

Image taken by Lance Corporal Te Hira Wati Heremaia (38481) during active service in the Vietnam War …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Te Hira Wati AWMM
  • Surname
    Heremaia AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Te Hira W. AWMM
    • Te Hira Wati Heremaia AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 38481 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 March 1942 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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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 38481 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • W3 Company, RNZIR website has portrait. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 November 1993 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Age 51 AWMM
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  • Place of 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
    • Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) AWMM

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