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Colin Rata

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 477892 AWMM
  • Also known as
    C. H. Rata AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
Taken when living in Motueka

Colin

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin AWMM
  • Surname
    Rata AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    C. H. Rata AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 477892 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 October 1945 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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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
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Died in Motueka AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 May 2001 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Motueka Hospice Public - Rangi Mathew - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Personal Files
  • Cause of death
    Cancer Public - Rangi Mathew - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - In attendance
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Ashes buried at base of rock on the right (Nearest The Sea) at the entrance to McKee Domain, Mapua, Public - Rangi Mathew - Sibling - 17 April 2018 - Attended Ceremony
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Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

Remember Colin Rata by laying a poppy.

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  • I send this poppy with all my love, Sadly I never got to meet you. But very pleased to met your Brother Uncle Rangi who served with you. Xxx
    Public - Michelle - Sibling - 26 April 2020
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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

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 April 2020MichelleEngland, Wymondham, Norfolk Sibling
17 April 2018Rangi MathewRotorua NZSibling

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