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Chris Hunia Karaitana Kennedy

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 43679 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Chris AWMM
    • C. H. K. Kennedy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
photo taken before deployment October 1969

Pte CHK Kennedy W3 RNZIR

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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 March 1949 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • 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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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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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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  • Medical notes
    24 May 1970 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, Vietnam AWMM
    Wounded in the chest and right leg by shrapnel from a mine AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • Wounded in action, 24 May 1970 – mine. Shrapnel wounds to chest and right leg. AWMM

Death

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  • Age at death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

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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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