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Arthur Francis Baker

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A COY 1NZ REGT: MALAYA 1963. Back Row: L-R JH Albert, Pte PC Fraser, Pte CJ Wicholson, Pte O Haddon, L/Cpl GF Chapman, Pte RJ Smith, Pte SF Ashby, Pte PE Savage, Pte PR Wichtman, Pte DB TeMoni, Pte TJL Phillips, Pte LG Laverty, Pte CJS Topia, Cpl T Dickson, Pte SG Shepherd, Pte RL Fosbender Fourth Row: L-R Pte RK Tuhaka, Pte R Mathews, Cpl RT Christie, Pte FP Gage, Pte R Wilson, Pte E Phillips, L/cpl RJ Hughes, Pte PC Hawkins, Pte GC Watson, Pte GM Jones, Pte AR Peters, Pte TKC Harrison, Pte AF Baker, L/cpl CL Mackie, Pte RL Baker, Cpl LD Hornbrook, Pte NB Turvey, Pte KJ Edney L/cpl RK Wicksteed Third Row: L-R L/cpl N Gardner, Pte W Anderson, Pte LF Cootes, Pte J George, Pte AW Hopwood, Pte J Panoho, Pte MG Wolland, Pte MP Ngahoota, Pte R Tauroa, Pte PW Wharehingam Pte BE Cribb, Pte AG Crowe, Pte JHT Manihera, Pte HD Manihera, Pte GCD Wolland, Pte TR Rangitonga, Pte ME Thomson, Pte R Davies, Pte Taipari, Pte KM Williams, Pte RC Lennane Second Bow: L-R Pte MJH Sheehan, Pte WH Morris, Cpl W Paipa, Cpl A Apiata, Cpl S Morunga, Pte B Clotworthy, Pte W Puketapu, Pte JR Brown, Pte J Poutawa, Pte B Needham, Pte LW Oakwell, Pte H Hamilton, Pte R Christie, Pte LU Potaka, L/cpl JM Delaney, Pte JG Stevenson, Pte LH Healey, L/cpl H Timu, Pte JEB Featonby, Pte ME Dawson, Pte R Ngatai First Row: L-R L/cpl KN Thom, Pte BJ Sargent, Pte AS Dixon, Pte RKK TePuni, Sgt MC MacDonald, S/sgt DJ McFarlane, Lt WPB Brady, Lt PDR Browne, Capt RV Richards, Maj J Brooke, WOII DF Williams, Lt NA Kotua, 2Lt MJS Winton, Sgt AJ Don, Sgt M Ranginui, Pte BT Thompson, Pte WP Blacklock, L/cpl TE McLean, Cpl R Day. Image kindly provided by Bill Russell, Vice President of the Malayan Veterans Association (December 2020).

A COY 1NZ REGT: MALAYA 1963. Back Row: L-R JH Albert, Pte PC Fraser, Pte CJ Wicholson, Pte O Haddon, …

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    Arthur Francis AWMM
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    Baker AWMM
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    Borneo 39073 AWMM
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  • Served in Malaya/Borneo 1961-1963 and 1963-1965. Source: A. Polaschek, New Zealand Malaya Veterans Association. AWMM

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    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 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
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • 1NZR Roll 1961-1963 - Bill Russell, Malayan Veterans Association Scrapbook – 40th Anniversary edition. AWMM

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