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Kenneth Robert Akers

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kenneth Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Akers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    K. R. Akers AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 700322 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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    12 May 1968 AWMMMedical, Vietnam AWMM
    Wounded in action by mine. Shrapnel to the right leg and chest. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • From March 1968 until the pull out by New Zealand forces from Vietnam, the various Victor and Whisky Companies deployed from 1st Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment operated as part of a combined Royal Australian Regiment / New Zealand (ANZAC) Battalion.

    Wounded in action, 12 May 1968 – mine. Shrapnel to right leg and chest. AWMM

Death

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Memorials

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