condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Lincoln Smith

-
Lay a poppy

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Lincoln AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • L. Smith AWMM
    • Smithy AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 38385 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    11 September 1941 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

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
    Regular Force Cadet School Meyer
    Kippenburger Class – 1959 AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    16 May 2020 Bay of Plenty Times 23/5/20
    Age 78 AWMM
  • Date of death
    16 May 2020 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 23 May 2020 - Death notice NZ Herald 23 May 2020
  • Age at death
    78 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 23 May 2020 - Death notice NZ Herald 23 May 2020
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Otumoko Urupa, Matapihi AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Otumoko Urupa, Matapihi Public - Stoney - Researcher - 23 May 2020 - Death notice NZ Herald 23 May 2020
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Published in The New Zealand Herald, 23rd May, 2020.
    SMITH, Lincoln (Smithy). 38385 Malaya and Vietnam. Lin passed away peacefully at home surrounded in the love of his whanau on the evening of Saturday 16 May 2020 and was laid to rest at Otumoko Urupa, Matapihi on 18 May 2020. He was a dearly loved husband, father, Koro, Ko, brother, uncle and friend to many who served his Country, whanau and community proudly. "We will remember them." AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Lincoln Smith by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Lincoln Smith

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • 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
    • 1NZR Roll 1961-1963 - Bill Russell, Malayan Veterans Association Scrapbook – 40th Anniversary edition. AWMM
    • DECEASED, 1 NZ Regiment, 1961-63 – Internet resource. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 May 2020StoneyTuakauResearcher

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.