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Mackibbon Pohe Tomlins

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mackibbon Pohe AWMM
  • Surname
    Tomlins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mac AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 33409 AWMM
    • Vietnam 33409 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 October 1929 AWMM Hastings, Hawkes Bay AWMM
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Served in 1 NZ Regt Malaya 1957/59, A Coy 1RNZIR 1965/67 and 1 NZATTV. Retired as WO1.

    Husband of the late Phyllis (nee Te Whaiti).

    Service held at Houngarea Marae, Pakipaki, Hastings. Source: Death Notice.

    Photo of SSgt McK. Tomlins in The Warrant Officers & Senior NCOs, 1st Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Nyasa Camp, Malaya 1958)

    Photo of SSgt M. Tomlins in I.N.Z. Regiment, WOs & SGTs (Sabroan Camp, Taiping, Perak 1958 - 1959) AWMM
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Death

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    13 March 2018 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
    Lower Hutt, Wellington AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: Dominion Post, 15 March 2018 AWMM
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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
    • 1st Battalion - New Zealand Regiment - Historical Records - General, July 1957-1959, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ADRC 17588 2/1/1 (R17928162). AWMM
    • Clamp, B., Clamp, D., & 1st Battalion the New Zealand Regiment (1957-59) Association. (2007). 1st battalion the New Zealand regiment (1957-59) association 50th anniversary: the first of the first. B. Clamp. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM
    • Medals and Stars - General Service Medals Borneo - Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R12456000) AWMM

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