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William Bert Rameka

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Bert AWMM
  • Surname
    Rameka AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • W. Rameka AWMM
    • Bill Rameka AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 40624 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 October 1933 AWMM
  • Date of birth
    1932 Public - Kate - Child - 29 October 2022 - NZ Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Kaikohe Public - Kate - Child - 29 October 2022 - Family Papers
  • Post war occupation
    Chef/Baker Public - Kate - Child - 29 October 2022 - Family Papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • HQ Coy, 1RNZIR 1963/65, then V2. Died in Christchurch Hospital. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 May 2017 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
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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
    • 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

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29 October 2022KateRotorua, NZChild

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