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Cenotaph record

Bernard Joseph O'Connor

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bernard Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Connor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • B. J. O'Connor AWMM
    • Bernie AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 814234 AWMM
    • Vietnam M874234 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 January 1932 AWMM Hokitika, Westland AWMM
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  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military AWMM
  • Enlistment
    7 March 1952 AWMM
  • 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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Natalea; father of Chris, Jachie, Kate.

    Served in Fiji, USA and Singapore.

    Read citations for QC, Outstanding Unit Award, and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Later awarded OBE and AFC. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    22 December 2010 AWMM
    Age 78 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 28 December 2010 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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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
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Hanson, C. (2001). p.373-74 AWMM

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