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Brian Henry May

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  • Service number
    • Vietnam 78062 AWMM
    • Vietnam A78062 AWMM
  • Also known as
    B. H. May AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Brian Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    May AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    B. H. May AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 78062 AWMM
    • Vietnam A78062 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 July 1934 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Kent, england Public - mitchel liam - Direct descendant - 22 October 2020 - family
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Married to May May Public - mitchel liam - Direct descendant - 22 October 2020 - hes family

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 78062 AWMM
    • Vietnam A78062 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of May; father of Peter, Dianne, Stephen, Richard, Brian

    Died in Auckland. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 June 2013 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 June 2013 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 June 2013 AWMM

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22 October 2020mitchel liamauckland, new zealandDirect descendant

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