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Murray John Booker

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Murray John AWMM
  • Surname
    Booker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • M. J. Booker AWMM
    • Murray AWMM
  • Service number
    • Borneo 774842 AWMM
    • Malaya 774842 AWMM
    • U774842 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

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  • Birth
    12 September 1935 AWMM
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Service

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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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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    9 January 2011 AWMM
    Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
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  • U774842 Murray John BOOKER-BEM [MV,BV] (WO2 Q Platoon 78/80) 9 January 2011 aged 75. Cremated and buried at Kaipoi Public and RSA Cemetery, 75 Adderley Terrace, Kainga, Kaiapoi 7691. Plot; 0327. [[-43.376949, 172.635973]] LEST WE FORGET another legend who mentored many a young soldier ONWARD
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  • U774842 Murray John BOOKER-BEM [MV,BV] (Q Platoon WO2 78/80) 9 January 2011 aged 75. Burial location unknown as yet, help appreciated. LEST WE FORGET
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Sources

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  • References
    • 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
    • Nominal Roll 2NZ Regiment 1959-1961. Kindly provided by Alan (Archie) Dawson February 2021. AWMM
    • Malayan Veterans Assn. (2004-). Selamat : Newsletter of the Malayan Veterans' Association Inc. AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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