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Leo Frank Parker

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leo Frank AWMM
  • Surname
    Parker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • L. F. Parker AWMM
    • Chiefy AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam K73609 AWMM
    • Vietnam 73609 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 November 1927 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Aircrew rank was Master Signaller.

    See also 7 flights in Unit Histories 17/1/72, 25/1/72, 10/2/72, 18/2/72, 28/2/72, 1/3/72, 4/3/72.

    Flew into Vietnam 8 times incl 24.6.1970 - source unit history sheet. Died in Ranfurly Veterans Home, Auckland. Buried at Manukau Gardens, South Auckland. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 June 2019 Death Notice
    Three Kings, Auckland City Death Notice
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  • Age at death
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Manukau Gardens, South Auckland AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 5 JUne 2019 AWMM
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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
    • This record has been created from information sourced from ‘Scotty’s List’ the Forgotten Airmen of the Vietnam War (2020). AWMM
    • Wingfield, D. (2021). More than just a number: 80344 Declined. Christchurch, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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