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Bruce Hill

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Bruce Hill, Major (MBE), RNZIR NZSAS

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bruce AWMM
  • Surname
    Hill AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    B. Hill AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 592039 AWMM
    • Vietnam 592039 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 December 1931 Ryman Anzac Book 2019
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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

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • As 2IC Spt Coy, Anzac Bn - 4 RAR.

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

    Photo of Sgt B. Hill in I.N.Z. Regiment, WOs & SGTs (Sabroan Camp, Taiping, Perak 1958 - 1959)

    Bruce later served with 1 NZ REGT 57/59 as a Sgt In 6 Pl B Coy. For this he was awarded an MiD. In late 1965 he served in 2 Det NZSAS in BORNEO as a WO2. Following this the Major was Commissioned and served in VIETNAM as the 2ic of Sp Coy of 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) After being the Area Officer at Area 4 HAMILTON retired as a Maj. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    8 February 2025 AWMM
    Age 93 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
    8 February 2025 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 12 February 2025 - Death notice, NZ Herald 12 February 2025
  • Age at death
    93 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 12 February 2025 - Death notice, NZ Herald 12 February 2025
  • Place of death
    Hamilton Public - Stoney - Researcher - 12 February 2025 - Death notice, NZ Herald 12 February 2025
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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
    • 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
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). 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
    • Black, E. A. (n.d.). N.Z. armed forces honours & awards : Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, 1950-1972. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence Headquarters. AWMM

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12 February 2025StoneyTuakauResearcher
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