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John Augustus O'Connor

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Plaque at Shands Road Cemetery

Sgt. John Augustus (Doc) O'Connor

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Augustus AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Connor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • John Augustus O'Connor AWMM
    • Doc AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 466000 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 May 1938 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
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  • Relationship status

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
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  • Occupation before enlistment
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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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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served as a medic in Vietnam in 1968-1969 and at Waiouru and Burnham.

    Exact date of death in December 2008 is not recorded in the database. AWMM

Death

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    27 November 2008 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Age 70 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Cemetery
    Shands Road Cemetery, Prebbleton, Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers' Plot AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: The New Zealand Gunner 2008 Issue 140 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
      Subritsky, M. (Compiler). (1995). p. 284 AWMM
    • Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) AWMM
      Last Post. (2009, March). Contact, 25(1), p. 1 AWMM
    • The New Zealand gunner: Official journal of The Royal New Zealand Artillery Old Comrades Association Inc.. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Permanent Force Old Comrades Association. AWMM
      Death Notice: The New Zealand Gunner 2008 Issue 140 AWMM

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