Search results Next record English Māori Robert Charles Howe Born 2 September 1937 This is a preliminary record. Find out more. PDF Key details Service numberVietnam 927173 AWMM Also known asBob AWMM Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Last rankPost WW2/Regular Military Service Wing Commander AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, Air Headquarters AWMM WarVietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 AWMM Enquire Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesRobert Charles AWMM SurnameHowe AWMM Ingoa Also known asBob AWMM Service numberVietnam 927173 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionChurch of England, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth2 September 1937 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship statusSingle/Post WWII AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarVietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Service numberVietnam 927173 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ TransfersRoyal New Zealand Air Force, 41 Squadron AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 40 Squadron AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 3 Squadron AWMM Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsGeneral Service Medal 1918-62 (Malaya clasp) AWMM Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) Medal AWMM New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Non Warlike) (Thailand clasp) AWMM New Zealand Armed Forces Award and bar AWMM New Zealand Defence Service Medal (Regular clasp) AWMM New Zealand Defence Service Medal (C.M.T. clasp) AWMM Vietnam Medal AWMM New Zealand General Service Medal 1992 (Warlike) (Vietnam clasp) AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentPost WW2/Regular Military Service Radio Technician/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsPost WW2/Regular Military Service Cadet/Civilian AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 41 Squadron AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM Vietnam Flight Lieutenant/Military Ministry for Culture and Heritage Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rankPost WW2/Regular Military Service 1999 AWMM Wing Commander AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, Air Headquarters AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Born in Hendon, Middlesex, England. Worked as a Radio Technician with the New Zealand Broadcasting Service in Dunedin prior to enlistment. Specialisation in the Air Force was as an aircrew Navigator.Last served with Headquarters, Air Command, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Auckland 1999. 40 years total military experience in various command and staff positions.'My two sons both served in the RNZAF, the eldest, Martin, had a full supply career and served in Antarctica and East Timor. He retired as a Warrant Officer. The younger, Warren, served three years as an Aircraft Technician and went on to a career as an airline pilot. My wife Diana came from an Air force family. Her father was an RAF engineer who served in India before WW2 and in North Africa during WW2. In 1960 he was serving in Singapore which is where Diana and I met and married.' AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Robert Charles Howe Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksNew Zealand's Vietnam War Veterans. Personal page http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/flt-lt-rc-howe Sources Used Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War. New Zealand History online website. http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/ Further Reference Australia's Vietnam War https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/ Further Reference DocumentsSubritsky, 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. 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