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Richard Esmond Dodd Williams

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Esmond Dodd AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • R. E. D. Williams AWMM
    • Red AWMM
  • Service number
    • Vietnam 921456 AWMM
    • H921456 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 May 1933 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    • Armourer/Military AWMM
    • Air Training Corps (ATC) Instructor/Civilian AWMM
  • Enlistment
    7 June 1952 AWMM
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Embarkations

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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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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served with No. 40 Squadron RNZAF during the deployment of 161 Battery RNZA to Vietnam (Operation Hot Pot), 13-23 July 1965. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 May 2004 AWMM
    Age 71 AWMM
    DunedinOtago AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    West Taieri Cemetery, Woodside, Taieri Valley, Otago AWMM Plot 23, Block AB1 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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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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