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Joseph Walter Patu

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Patu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • J. W. Patu AWMM
    • Joe AWMM
    • Patuwairua AWMM
    • Reverend Joe AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 597253 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 January 1939 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • 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
  • 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
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    18 March 2008 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Waitara Cemetery AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Love you grandad im trying to find little Joe its been 6years last time i seen him ,aunty Ethel please message me, im on facebook but i cant you on there , im been looking for little joe :( love yous x
    Public - Makea - 2 March 2022
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  • Love you dad... R. I. L
    Public - Ethel Glenys - Child - 13 December 2019
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Sources

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
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 18 May-1 October 1965, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.151-156 AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing AWMM
    • Malayan Veterans Assn. (2004-). Selamat : Newsletter of the Malayan Veterans' Association Inc. AWMM
    • Medals and Stars - General Service Medals Borneo - Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R12456000) AWMM

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02 March 2022Makea WaitaraOther
13 December 2019Ethel Glenys Auckland new Zealand Child

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