Brian Robert Hampton Monks
Born 1 Jun 1935 - Died 23 Jun 2018
- Service number
- Malaya 35187 AWMM
- Vietnam 35187 AWMM
- Also known as
- B. R. H. Monks AWMM
- The Boss AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Brian Robert Hampton AWMM
- Surname
- Monks AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- B. R. H. Monks AWMM
- The Boss AWMM
- Service number
- Malaya 35187 AWMM
- Vietnam 35187 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1 Jun 1935 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- Malaya 35187 AWMM
- Vietnam 35187 AWMM
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- 1951 AWMM
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- Malaya Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Regiment, 1 Battalion, A Company AWMM British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve AWMM
- Vietnam Major/Military Ministry for Culture and Heritage 4th Royal Australian Regiment / New Zealand (ANZAC) Battalion, Victor 6 Company (1RNZIR) AWMM 1st Australian Task Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died in Tauranga from prostate cancer AWMM
Last known rank
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Biographical information
- Read citation for Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star.
Photo of Lt B.R.H. Monks in The Officers, 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Sobraon Camp, Malaya 1959) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 23 Jun 2018 Sunlive 25/6/18
Age 82 AWMM - Date of death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Sickness AWMM
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- Cemetery
- Pyes Pa Cemetery, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM Plot 95, RSA Row 3, New RSA Block AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- New Zealand's Vietnam War Veterans. Personal page
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/maj-brh-monks
Sources Used - Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War. New Zealand History online website.
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
Further Reference - Australia's Vietnam War
https://web.archive.org/web/20241003003021/https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
Further Reference - Live: Anzac Day services around the Bay
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11844524
Further Reference - Passau, Victoria. Honouring outstanding gallantry. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 26 May 2021.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/v6
Further Reference
- New Zealand's Vietnam War Veterans. Personal page
- References
- Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co.
- Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books.
- This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162).
- 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.
- This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021).
- This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021).
- 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.
- Black, E. A. (n.d.). N.Z. armed forces honours & awards : Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, 1950-1972. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence Headquarters.
- McGibbon, I.C. (2010). New Zealand's Vietnam War: a history of combat, commitment and controversy. Auckland, N.Z.: Exisle
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