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Andrew Bruce Forster

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Portrait (Photograph © Crown Copyright. New Zealand Defence Force 2009 www.nzdf.mil.nz)

Portrait (Photograph © Crown Copyright. New Zealand Defence Force 2009 www.nzdf.mil.nz)

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Andrew Bruce AWMM
  • Surname
    Forster AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Sloth Public - John - Researcher - 22 May 2022 - Military records
  • Service number
    Q90427 Public - John - Researcher - 22 May 2022 - Military records
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 October 1963 AWMM Huntly, Waikato 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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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    RNZAF Armament Technician Public - John - Researcher - 22 May 2022 - Military records
  • Enlistment
    Post WW2 1982 AWMM Student/Civilian AWMM
  • 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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  • Medical notes
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidentally killed when a shell detonated AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of George and Daphne Forster. Husband of Karen, father of Candice, Mitchell and Ashlee.

    Served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force for 27 years.

    A bomb disposal expert, he was killed when a shell accidentally detonated at Waiouru.

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information from the newspapers AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 November 2009 AWMM
    Age 46 AWMM
    Waiouru, Central Plateau AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: NZPA. 20 November 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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  • Wonderful husband and father, taken too early. Gone but not forgotten, forever in my heart xx.
    Public - Karen Lee - Wife - 13 April 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      New Zealand Herald, 25 November 2009 AWMM
    • New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) AWMM
      Obituary: NZPA. 20 November 2009 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 May 2022JohnMotuekaResearcher
13 April 2016Karen LeePalmerston NorthWife

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