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Keith Barry Rata

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 44555 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • K. B. Rata AWMM
    • Kaffa Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Family name
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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Keith Barry Rata. The youngest of three siblings to serve with V6 Company 4RAR/NZ (Anzac Bn)

Keith

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Keith Barry AWMM
  • Surname
    Rata AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • K. B. Rata AWMM
    • Kaffa Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Family name
  • Service number
    Vietnam 44555 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 November 1950 NZ Vietnam War Veterans
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    • New Plymouth Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal Knowledge
    • New Plymouth Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal Knowledge
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • From Mangakino Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal Knowledge
    • From Mangakino Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal Knowledge
  • Post war occupation
    • Painter Decorator Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal knowledge
    • Painter Decorator Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal knowledge
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Neata Kahuari Hikiera (Harwood) Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal knowledge
    • Neata Kahuari Hikiera (Harwood) Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal knowledge
  • Relationship status
    • Mother Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal knowledge
    • Mother Public - Rangi - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal knowledge

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 44555 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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

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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  • Died and buried in Mangakino. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 February 2003 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • The younger of three brothers to serve together in Vietnam. Suffered from PTSU and never fully recovered.
    Sadly, took his own life as a result
    Public - Rangi Mathew - Self - 11 October 2017
    Report 

Sources

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

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17 April 2018RangiRotorua NZSibling
17 April 2018Rangi MathewRotorua NZSibling

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