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James Edward Seymour

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 43703 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Jay AWMM
    • J. E. Seymour AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
    • Singapore-Malaysia 1966-1989 Public - Rosoce - Comrade - 24 November 2017 - Dieppe Barracks history - Second Malaysian Emergency
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D43703 James Edward (Jay) SEYMOUR (V5 & 2 Platoon 1975 - 1977) 15 July 2016 aged 66 (ha) buried at Manukau Memorial Gardens, 361 Puhinui Road, Papatoetoe . RSA secton RETUR-U-012 [-36.99327, 174.83808]

D43703 James Edward (Jay) SEYMOUR

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Seymour AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Jay AWMM
    • J. E. Seymour AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 43703 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 December 1949 AWMM
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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Died in Auckland Hospital following cardiac arrest at squash tournament 13 July. Buried at Manukau Memorial Gardens, Puhinui. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 July 2016 Kiwivets
    Age 66 AWMM
    Auckland, New Zealand Kiwivets
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  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Manukau Memorial Gardens AWMM Returned Service Man Area, Row U, Plot 012 AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 19 July 2016. AWMM
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Sources

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  • Documents
    • 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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