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English Māori

Anthony John Booth

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Major John Booth

2IC 1 Field Hospital off to Tonga

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Anthony John AWMM
  • Surname
    Booth AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Anthony John Booth AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 37938 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 August 1941 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Joined the Regular Force Cadet School (RFCS) 1958 Weir Class Public - Roscoe - Comrade - 7 June 2018 - https://www.rfcadet.org.nz
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    16 Public - Roscoe - Comrade - 7 June 2018 - Calculation

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Helen; father of Deborah, Michelle, Andrew, Tony AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 December 2005 AWMM
    Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    North Shore Memorial Park and Crematorium (Schnapper Rock), Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand AWMM Northern Division Rsa Burials Section 2 Block E Row F Plot 18 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, December 2005 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, December 2005 AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 February 2021Helen EdithTakapuna, Auckland New ZealandWife
30 January 2021HelenTakapuna NZWife
07 June 2018RoscoeAucklandComrade
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