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Tai Te Ngahere Oriwa Taukamo

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 39519 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Ollie AWMM
    • T. T. O. Taukamo AWMM
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    Army AWMM
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    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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Cpl # Vietnam 39519 Tai Te Ngahere Oriwa TAUKAMO RNZIR

Tai Te Ngahere Oriwa TAUKAMO

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Tai Te Ngahere Oriwa AWMM
  • Surname
    Taukamo AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Ollie AWMM
    • T. T. O. Taukamo AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 39519 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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  • Birth
    1 December 1942 BDM 2022/39205
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  • Named after his cousin who died in Crete and means Tai of the Olive Groves.

    Wounded in action, 1 March 1968 – in contact; 2 August 1969 – booby trap at Lang Phuoc Hai; and 19 March 1970 – shrapnel wound to head during ambush in bunker system, Nui Dinh Hills. Interviewed for the documentary, The Grey Ghosts – Maori Warriors in Vietnam (2013). AWMM

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  • Death
    7 December 2022 BDM 2022/39205
    Age 80 AWMM
    Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui BDM 2022/39205
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    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 January 2023 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    RSA 32 Plot 144 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 January 2023 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Obituary
    TAUKAMO, Tai (Olly) Te Ngâhere Oriwa. (Ngâti Porou) RNZIR. He aituâ, tangi aué! Passed on 7 December in Whanganui less than a week after his 80th birthday. Survived by his wife Fiona, and children Phillip, David, Dean, Whetû, Anne and Brendan. He will return to Te Poho o Rawiri Marae, Gisborne on 9 Dec 2022. His final service will commence at 11am on Saturday 10 Dec at the marae with his burial at Taruheru cemetery to follow. Whakatau mai - all welcome.

    Published by Whanganui Chronicle on Dec. 9, 2022. AWMM
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10 January 2023Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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