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Ernest Patrick Stead

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Bret Bestic, Norm Kotua (aka Steven Geoffrey), Trevor Sexton, Ernie Stead after SAS patrol, left to right: Bret Bestic, Norm Kotua, Trevor Sexton, Ernie Stead. Image kindly provided by Bret Bestic (October 2019). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Bret Bestic, Norm Kotua (aka Steven Geoffrey), Trevor Sexton, Ernie Stead after SAS patrol, left to …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Stead AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Ernie AWMM
    • E. P. Stead AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 528443 AWMM
    • Vietnam 528443 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 April 1938 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Farewelled at Haranui Marae, Parakai. Source: Death Notice. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 January 2019 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Kaipara, Northland Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 18 January 2018 AWMM
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Memorial

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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
    • 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

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