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Owen John Dodd

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Owen John AWMM
  • Surname
    Dodd AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Owen John Dodd AWMM
  • Service number
    Vietnam 17535 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 August 1945 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Lois; father of Lee-Anne and Justine.

    "B. K.'s Batman" (Capt. C.W.Brown).

    Service held at RSA, Warkworth.

    RNZN pers on HMAS Sydney in voyage to Vietnam.

    Previously recorded as serving in the Artillery, however NZDF has confirmed this was an error. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    22 July 2010 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Age 64 AWMM
    Warkworth, Northland Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 23 July 2010 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    Australia's Vietnam War
    https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
    • Newman, S.D. (1988). Vietnam gunners : 161 Battery, South Vietnam, 1965-71. Tauranga, N.Z.: Moana Press. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
      p. 157 (Nominal Roll 8 May 1964). AWMM
    • Newman, S.D. (1988). Vietnam gunners : 161 Battery, South Vietnam, 1965-71. Tauranga, N.Z.: Moana Press. AWMM
      p. 133. AWMM
    • Subritsky, M. (Ed). (1995). The Vietnam scrapbook: The second ANZAC adventure. Papakura, N.Z.: Three Feathers Publishing Co. AWMM
      p.273. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: 23 July 2010 AWMM
    • Borneo HMNZS Royalist 1965 Crew List. Kindly provided by Gerry Wright (2021). AWMM

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