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Douglas Thomas Arthur Morrow

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Thomas Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Morrow AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    D. T. A. Morrow AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 209482 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 December 1941 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 209482 AWMM
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Biographical information

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  • Enlisted 11 Oct 1959. Arrived in Vietnam 21. Jul 1965. Wounded in action, 11 October 1965 – booby trap. Both legs broken, fragment wound to right hand. Medevaced on 15 Oct 1965 back to New Zealand for recovery. Read citation for Mi9D. Retired in rank of Capt on 1 Aug 1986. Died in Whakatane Hospital. Buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Ohope Road, Whakatane. AWMM

Death

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    10 October 2018 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Whakatane, Bay of Plenty Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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    Hillcrest Cemetery AWMM
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    MORROW, Douglas Thomas Arthur (Doug). Regtl No 209482 NZ Army Captain. On Thursday 11th October 2018 peacefully in Whakatane Hospital after a very short illness, aged 76. Loved husband of the late Grace. Loved father and father in law of Stuart and Suzy (USA), Bryan and Ruth. A much loved grandfather and great grandfather. A funeral service for Doug will be held in the chapel of Willetts Funeral Services Ltd, 21 King Street, Whakatane on Tuesday 16th October at 10.30am followed by burial in the New Lawn Memorial section of Hillcrest Cemetery, Ohope Road, Whakatane. Communications please to the Morrow family, c/- PO Box 2070 Whakatane.


    Source: http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=douglas-thomas-arthur-morrow-doug&pid=190457413&fhid=12785 AWMM
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Sources

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    • 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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