Robin Guy Williams
Born 14 Aug 1930 - Died 4 Feb 2023
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- Vietnam 30425 AWMM
- Malaya 30425 AWMM
- Also known as
- Rob AWMM
- R. G. Williams AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Major General/Military AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Robin Guy AWMM
- Surname
- Williams AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Rob AWMM
- R. G. Williams AWMM
- Service number
- Vietnam 30425 AWMM
- Malaya 30425 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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About birth
- Birth
- 14 Aug 1930 AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- Vietnam 30425 AWMM
- Malaya 30425 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- 1948 AWMM
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Embarkations
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- Malaya Fijian Infantry Regiment AWMM
- Malaya Vessel was Captain Cook AWMM Captain/Military Nom Roll 2NZ Reg New Zealand Regiment, 2 Battalion, Headquarters Nom Roll 2NZ Reg British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - Vietnam Lieutenant Colonel/Military Ministry for Culture and Heritage Visitor AWMM Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Last known rank
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- Major General/Military AWMM
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Biographical information
- Was a Staff Cadet at RMC Duntroon from 1949 to 1952 before graduating into the New Zealand Regiment in December 1952.
Adjutant in 1 Battalion, the Canterbury Regiment, and then in 2 New Zealand Regiment 59/61 Malaya.
CO, 1 RNZIR in Singapore, 1968-70. Later Chief of General Staff from December 1981 to December 1984.
Photo of Capt. R. G. Williams in The Officers, 2nd Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Taiping, Malaya 1960).
Photo of Capt. R. G. Williams in The Officers, 2nd Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Malaya 1961). AWMM
About death
- Death
- 4 Feb 2023 AWMM
Age 92 AWMM - Date of death
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- Obituary
- WILLIAMS, Robin Guy Major General CB MBE OStJ. Died peacefully on 4 February 2023, aged 92 years. Adored husband of Jill, dearly loved father of Sarah, Guy and Victoria. Much loved by all his grandchildren and their families.
Published by The New Zealand Herald on Feb. 8, 2023. AWMM - Memorial name
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- New Zealand's Vietnam War Veterans. Personal page
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/veteran/lt-col-rg-williams
Sources Used - Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War. New Zealand History online website.
http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
Further Reference - Australia's Vietnam War
https://web.archive.org/web/20241003003021/https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
Further Reference - Interview with Major-General Robin Guy Williams, digital transcript. Alexander Turnbull Library (OHDL-000702)
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/35859771
Further Reference - Wikipedia entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Williams_(New_Zealand_general)
Further Reference - Obituary
https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/robin-williams-obituary?id=42244829
Further Reference
- New Zealand's Vietnam War Veterans. Personal page
- References
- Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co.
- Hall, C. (2014). No front line : inside stories of New Zealand's Vietnam War. Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Books.
- This record was created from data kindly provided by the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- Overseas postings and forces - New Zealand Force for Malaya Far East land forces - Officers, 1957-1971, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AD-W6W2564 36 part 3.
- Nominal Roll 2NZ Regiment 1959-1961. Kindly provided by Alan (Archie) Dawson February 2021.
- 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.
- FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083)
- McGibbon, I.C. (2010). New Zealand's Vietnam War: a history of combat, commitment and controversy. Auckland, N.Z.: Exisle
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