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William George Keatch

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 584383 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Bill AWMM
    • W. G. Keatch AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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  • Title
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    William George AWMM
  • Surname
    Keatch AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Bill AWMM
    • W. G. Keatch AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 584383 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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    15 March 1948 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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    Army AWMM
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    Vietnam 584383 AWMM
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    • Died in Nelson, buried in Marsden Cemetery. Wounded in action, 19 March 1970 – shrapnel wounds to head, chest, right leg, and loss of right eye, during ambush in bunker system, Nui Dinh Hills. AWMM
    • Bill died in Cook Strait when fishing for crayfish. His small boat was found the next day overturned off Cape Palliser. He was living at Makara Beach with his pregnant wife at the time. His body was never found. I was with Bill when he was wounded in action in the Vietnam War. He died only 3 months after being married. I was his bestman. He has a Services Plaque in Marsden Cemetery Nelson organised by his sister he never new he had. Public - Raymond Colin - Comrade - 8 July 2021 - Bill Keatch was a member of Victor4 Company Vietnam 1969/70.
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    21 March 1972 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Sources

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    • 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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08 July 2021Raymond ColinPalmerston NorthComrade

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