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Herepete Wimoka Hetaraka

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 390722 AWMM
  • Also known as
    H. W. Hetaraka AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
Nick Herepete Wimoka Hetaraka

Nick Herepete Wimoka Hetaraka

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Mr Public - Hannah Rachael - Child - 14 April 2021 - family oral history
  • Forenames
    Herepete Wimoka AWMM
  • Surname
    • Hetaraka AWMM
    • Correct spelling is HETARAKA Public - Hannah Rachael - Child - 14 April 2021 - family oral history
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    H. W. Hetaraka AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 390722 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • 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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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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  • Age on enlistment

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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  • Wounded in action, 26 July 1970 – shrapnel wounds from mine. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
14 April 2021HannahChidlow, Western AustraliaChild
14 April 2021Hannah RachaelPerth, Western AustraliaChild

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