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Howard Weddell

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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Howard Weddell B30913 on appointment as Director of Transport, Movements and Catering for the New Zealand Army, 1989. Image kindly provided by Howard Weddell (February 2017). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Howard Weddell B30913 on appointment as Director of Transport, Moveme …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Howard AWMM
  • Surname
    Weddell AWMM
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 January 1951 AWMM Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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    Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    1986 AWMM
    Attended RNZAF Command and Staff College. Qualified as an Air Dispatcher. AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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    Post WW2/Regular Military Service 5 January 1970 AWMM Student/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Author of 'Soldiers from the Pacific: The Story of Pacific Island Soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One', 2015.

    Also awarded the UNTSO Medal and the US Antarctica Service Medal.

    Served in South Lebanon, Golan Heights and Sinai Desert.

    Historian of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport Association. AWMM

Death

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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Officer Commanding Logistic Company, 1 RNZIR (Dieppe Barracks) 22 August 1987 - August 1989.
    Report 

Sources

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  • External links
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    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Weddell, H. (2018). Trentham Camp and Upper Hutt’s untold military history. [Upper Hutt, New Zealand] : Howard Weddell. AWMM

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