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David Condon

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photo taken prior to deployment in October 1969.

LCpl D Condon mortar section W3 RNZIR

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David AWMM
  • Surname
    Condon AWMM
  • Ingoa
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    Dave AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 308185 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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About birth

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  • Birth
    25 October 1943 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Service

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Prisoner of war

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  • W3 Company, RNZIR website has portrait

    Seconded on 8.10.1967 to 161 Battery RNZA in Vietnam with the rank of Private (as Driver op). RTNZ 13.10.1968. Returned to Vietnam with W3 as Section 2ic. 6RAR history shows posted to Spt Coy as Mortars NCO. AWMM

Death

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    23 December 2020 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
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    Death Notice: Waikato Times, 28 December 2020 "CONDON, David: Passed away peacefully on 23rd December 2020, at Waikato Hospital. Loved husband of Ann. Loved father of Tony, Michelle & Cullen Mclean and the late Karen. Loved brother of Glenda and the late Ian & Ross." AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    • VietnamWar.govt.nz
      http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/
      Further Reference
    • New Zealand History online. New Zealand and the the Vietnam War.
      http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/vietnam-war
      Further Reference
    • W3 Company, RNZIR - Vietnam 1969-1970. Website
      http://www.w3vietnam.org.nz/
      Further Reference
    • Australia's Vietnam War
      https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
      Further Reference
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 18 May-1 October 1965, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices fro Public - Aaron John Condon - Direct descendant - 30 August 2021 - H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 18 May-1 October 1965, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.151-156
    • photo caption should read W3 mortars. Deceased 23 November 2020, age 77 Public - Bruce - Comrade - 23 November 2021 - served in W3 mortars, W3 RNZIR historian
  • References
    • Contact (Magazine of the New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association) AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 18 May-1 October 1965, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.151-156 AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing AWMM
    • Medals and Stars - General Service Medals Borneo - Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R12456000) AWMM
    • Black, E. A. (n.d.). N.Z. armed forces honours & awards : Korea, Malaya, South Vietnam, 1950-1972. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence Headquarters. AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 18 May-1 October 1965, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices fro Public - Aaron John Condon - Direct descendant - 30 August 2021 - H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 18 May-1 October 1965, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.151-156

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01 March 2024BruceSelwynComrade
30 August 2021Aaron John CondonAuckland New ZealandDirect descendant

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