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Dennis Smeaton Manson

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 18223 AWMM
  • Also known as
    D. S. Manson AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
"Members of the 1st New Zealand Services Medical Team outside the hospital at Bong Son, cica January 1970. Back row (left to right): Gordon Watt, Tom Neve, Ian Blakeway, Arthur Norris, 'Blue' Stuart, Alan Earl, Brian McMahon, Owen Snelling, Bob Maitland, Eugene Clements, Gilbert Dampier. Front row (left to right): Len Thompson, Tony Lancaster, Alan White, Dennis Manson, Lindsay Grenfell, Peter Stitt, 'Barney' Bowen. Image provided by Tom Neve, VietnamWar.govt.nz. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions. "

"Members of the 1st New Zealand Services Medical Team outside the hospital at Bong Son, cica January …

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  • Title
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    Dennis Smeaton AWMM
  • Surname
    Manson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    D. S. Manson AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 18223 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 18223 AWMM
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  • Wounded in action, 1 March 1970 – booby trap in same incident as Sgr Gordon Watt was wounded and later died of wounds. Dental tech in 1970. 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

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