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Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 726614 AWMM
  • Also known as
    W. T. P. Taepa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
John Nicholl with the cups canteen, Wi Taepa looking down at his kai, behind John, Bill Teller next to him with cup raised PP Brown. Image taken by Lance Corporal Te Hira Wati Heremaia (38481) during active service in the Vietnam War c.1960s. Part of a collection of 150 slides kindly provided by whānau for scanning. © Heremia Whānau (Heremaia-VTM114).

John Nicholl with the cups canteen, Wi Taepa looking down at his kai, behind John, Bill Teller next …

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Identity

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  • Birth
    1946 AWMM AWMM
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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa is a significant figure in contemporary New Zealand ceramics, and a leading figure in contemporary Māori clay art. AWMM

Death

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Memorials

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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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