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Donald Stuart McIver

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Gravestone of Lieutenant General Donald Stuart (Don) McIver, Akatarawa Cemetery, Akatarawa, Upper Hutt, Wellington. Image courtesy of the Upper Hutt City Council (2021).

Gravestone of Lieutenant General Donald Stuart (Don) McIver, Akatarawa Cemetery, Akatarawa, Upper Hu …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald Stuart AWMM
  • Surname
    McIver AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Don AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 35383 AWMM
    • Borneo 35383 AWMM
    • Vietnam K35383 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 January 1936 AWMM
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Biographical information

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  • Lt Gen (Rtd) D S Don McIver CMG OBE RF CADET 1952 STAFF CADET RMC 54/57 NZ REGT/ RNZIR 1 NZ REGT 57/59 MALAYA 1 RNZIR 63/65 MALAYSIA 2ic 4RAR/NZ 1971 SVN CGS 87/89 Comd MFO SINAI 89/91 Source: Kiwivets.

    General Stuart was also Director of the SIS after his retirement from Army. Also President of the RNZRSA for a number of years before standing down Source: Kiwivets.

    Photo of Capt D.S. McIver in The Officers, 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Terendak Camp, Malaya 1965)

    Photo of Lt D.S. McIver in The Officers, 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Sobraon Camp, Malaya 1959) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    22 August 2016 Kiwivets/RSA Last Post/death notice
    Age 80 AWMM
    Kiwivets/RSA Last Post/death notice
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  • Cemetery
    Akatarawa Cemetery, Akatarawa, Upper Hutt, Wellington AWMM Plot 4, Row 33, Monumental 4 Area AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 24-27 August 2016 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
    • Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) AWMM
      Vol.33, no.3 December 2016 AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing AWMM
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (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

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