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Neville Sutcliffe Kidd

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Identity

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  • Forenames
    Neville Sutcliffe AWMM
  • Surname
    Kidd AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    N. S. Kidd AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 30696 AWMM
    • Vietnam 30696 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 March 1939 BDM 2023/37858
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
    Malaya Wellington AWMM
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  • Relationship status

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Company 2 i/c V3. RTNZ 13 May 69 and promoted to Major before appointment as OC 1 Ranger Sqn NZSAS in August 1969.

    Photo of 2Lt N.S. Kidd in The Officers, 2nd Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Taiping, Malaya 1960)

    Photo of 2/lt N.S. Kidd in The Officers, 2nd Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Malaya 1961)

    Photo of Capt N.S. Kidd in The Officers, 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Terendak Camp, Malaysia 1967) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    6 December 2023 BDM 2023/37858
    Age 84 AWMM
  • Date of death
    6 December 2023 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 9 December 2023 - Death notice NZ Herald, 9 December 2023
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  • Obituary
    KIDD, Neville Sutcliffe. MBE Retired RNZIR NZSAS Neville passed away peacefully at home on 6 December 2023 with family by his side. Very dearly loved husband of Barbara, much loved father and father in law of Russell and Sarah, Joanne and Dave, Malcolm, Tony and Heesuk, Murray and Pauline. Special and very much loved Pa to his grandchildren. At Nelville's request a private family service is to be held at besoul Funerals, 12 Gumfield Drive, Warkworth. Please send all communications to [email protected]

    Published by The New Zealand Herald on Dec. 9, 2023. AWMM
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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
    • Overseas postings and forces - New Zealand Force for Malaya Far East land forces - Officers, 1957-1971, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AD-W6W2564 36 part 3. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll 2NZ Regiment 1959-1961. Kindly provided by Alan (Archie) Dawson February 2021. 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
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 2 1962-1963- Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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