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Lester Burberry

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  • Service number
    Vietnam 39946 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Lester Burberry AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
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Members of Victor 3 Company pose for a photograph aboard an Iroquois helicopter at Kangaroo Pad or Eagle Farm helipad at Nui Dat, circa 1969. Photographed by Vietnam photographer Noel Bell. Image kindly provided by VietnamWar.govt.nz, Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Members of Victor 3 Company pose for a photograph aboard an Iroquois helicopter at Kangaroo Pad or E …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Lester AWMM
  • Surname
    Burberry AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Lester Burberry AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 39946 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 March 1943 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Heather; father of Andrew, Kerry, Desiree AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 May 2005 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Age 62 AWMM
    Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    urupa, Piritaha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, May 2005 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
      Subritsky, M. (Compiler). (1995). p. 270 AWMM
    • Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, May 2005 AWMM

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