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Albert Sidney Puia

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Portrait of Staff Sergeant Albert Sidney Puia. Image kindly provided by Thomas Puia (October 2019). Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Staff Sergeant Albert Sidney Puia. Image kindly provided by Thomas Puia (October 2019). …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Sidney AWMM
  • Surname
    Puia AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • A. S. Puia AWMM
    • Sid AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 40218 AWMM
    • Q40218 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 October 1944 AWMM Mangatu, Northland 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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  • 2/1 RNZIR line 212V Pl Sgt on Operation Midford, Rhodesia. Source: Archives New Zealand.

    Tangi held at Tapuihikitia Marae in Puha, Te Karaka, Gisborne. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    28 February 2019 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
    Tokoroa, Waikato AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne AWMM Plot 131, RSA Block 32 AWMM
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  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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
    • 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
    • Medals and Stars - General Service Medals Borneo - Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R12456000) AWMM

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17 June 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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