Ginny Andrew Wiringi

Born 21 May 1944 - Died 5 January 2009

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Service number
Vietnam 542222 AWMM
Also known as
Andrew Wiringi AWMM
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Army AWMM
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War
- Regular Military Service AWMM
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
- Borneo Confrontation, 1963-1966 AWMM
- Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966 AWMM

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Ginny Andrew AWMM
Surname
Wiringi AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Andrew Wiringi AWMM
Service number
Vietnam 542222 AWMM
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Male AWMM
Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
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21 May 1944 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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- Regular Military Service AWMM
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 AWMM
- Borneo Confrontation, 1963-1966 AWMM
- Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966 AWMM
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Army AWMM
Service number
Vietnam 542222 AWMM
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- General Service Medal 1962 (Borneo clasp) AWMM
- New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM
- Vietnam Medal AWMM

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- Borneo Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR), 1st Battalion AWMM
- Vietnam Lance Corporal/Military Ministry for Culture and Heritage 2nd Royal Australian Regiment / New Zealand (ANZAC) Battalion, Victor 2 Company (1RNZIR) Ministry for Culture and Heritage Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

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Served in Vietnam 1967-1968

Cenotaph record compiled from the death notification in Contact magazine AWMM

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5 January 2009 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Australia Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Sources

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External links
- Memories of New Zealand and the Vietnam War.
  http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
  Further Reference
- New Zealand History online. New Zealand and the Vietnam War.
  http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/vietnam-war
  Further Reference
- Victor Company. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Vietnam 1967
  http://www.vcoy67.org.nz/
  Further Reference
- Australia's Vietnam War
  https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
  Further Reference
References
- Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) AWMM
- Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) AWMM
  Last Post. (2009, March). Contact, 25(1), p. 1 AWMM
- Medals and Stars - General Service Medals Borneo - Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R12456000) AWMM

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