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Simon Strombom

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  • Service number
    B998569 Public - Simon - Self - 29 July 2024 - File
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army Public - Simon - Self - 29 July 2024 - File
    • Army Public - Simon - Self - 26 August 2024 - Military file
  • Last rank
  • War
    Peacekeeping AWMM

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Simon AWMM
  • Surname
    Strombom AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    B998569 Public - Simon - Self - 29 July 2024 - File
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • 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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  • War
    Peacekeeping AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Afghanistan Public - Simon - Self - 29 July 2024 - 2008 ISAF HQ
      Op Kea
    • Multiforce Observers Sinai Public - Simon - Self - 26 August 2024 - Military File
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army Public - Simon - Self - 29 July 2024 - File
    • Army Public - Simon - Self - 26 August 2024 - Military file
  • Service number
    B998569 Public - Simon - Self - 29 July 2024 - File
  • Military service
    • Joined Territorials in 2000 AWMM
    • CO of B Company, 7th Wellington (City of Wellington's Own)) and Hawkes Bay Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Trentham) AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Post WW2 1995 AWMM public servant AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    Major AWMM

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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  • Liaison officer between NATO forces and the Afghan government with ISAF noted for developing new procedures and training to counter the threat of improvised explosive devices AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 August 2024SimonPoriruaSelf

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